The shuttle walk test: A new approach to functional walking capacity measurements for patients after stroke?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-166

  Van Bloemendaal, Maijke ^a,b   Kokkeler, Astrid M ^b   Van De Port, Ingrid G ^b,c  

^a Rehabilitation Center Merem de Trappenberg   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Psychometrics; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PSYCHOMETRY; SHUTTLE WALK TEST; STROKE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING;

AGED; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84855566188     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.08.012     Document Type: Article

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