Who may have durable benefit from robotic gait training?: A 2-year follow-up randomized controlled trial in patients with subacute stroke

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1140-1142

  Morone, Giovanni ^a   Iosa, Marco ^a   Bragoni, Maura ^a   De Angelis, Domenico ^a   Venturiero, Vincenzo ^a   Coiro, Paola ^a   Riso, Raffaella ^b   Pratesi, Luca ^a   Paolucci, Stefano ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

functional recovery; gait; outcomes; rehabilitation; robotic assisted therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTIC GAIT TRAINING; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859423661     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.638148     Document Type: Article

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