When might a cane be necessary for walking following a stroke?

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-177

  Guillebastre, Bastien ^a   Rougier, Patrice R ^a   Sibille, Brice ^b   Chrispin, Anne ^b   Detante, Olivier ^c   Pérennou, Dominic Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b Hopital Sud CHU de Grenoble   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Assistive device; Body weight asymmetry; Cane; Gait; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STROKE; WALKING; WALKING AID;

ADULT; AGED; CANES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84856333414     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311412786     Document Type: Article

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