Randomized controlled trial of truncal exercises early after stroke to improve balance and mobility

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-238

  Saeys, Wim ^a,b,c   Vereeck, Luc ^a,b   Truijen, Steven ^a,b   Lafosse, Christophe ^c   Wuyts, Floris P ^a   Van De Heyning, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^c Rehabilitation Hospital Hof ter Schelde   (Belgium)

Author keywords

static and dynamic balance; stroke; trunk performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOUR TEST BALANCE SCALE; FUNCTIONAL AMBULATION CATEGORY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RIVERMEAD MOTOR ASSESSMENT BATTERY; ROMBERG WITH EYES OPEN AND EYES CLOSED; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; TINETTI TEST; TRUNCAL EXERCISE; TRUNK; TRUNK IMPAIRMENT SCALE;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857328224     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311416822     Document Type: Article

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