Rehabilitation of gait after stroke: A review towards a top-down approach

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Belda Lois, Juan Manuel ^a   Mena Del Horno, Silvia ^a   Bermejo Bosch, Ignacio ^a   Moreno, Juan C ^b   Pons, José L ^b   Farina, Dario ^c   Iosa, Marco ^d   Molinari, Marco ^d   Tamburella, Federica ^d   Ramos, Ander ^e,f   Caria, Andrea ^e   Solis Escalante, Teodoro ^g   Brunner, Clemens ^g   Rea, Massimiliano ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMECÁNICA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^g GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAIT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOVEMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STROKE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 83255188935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-8-66     Document Type: Review

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