Interventions for coordination of walking following stroke: Systematic review

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-359

  Hollands, Kristen L ^a   Pelton, Trudy A ^b   Tyson, Sarah F ^a   Hollands, Mark A ^b   van Vliet, Paulette M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coordination; Gait; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; EXERCISE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84858000971     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.10.355     Document Type: Review

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