Efficacy of a hip flexion assist orthosis in adults with hemiparesis after stroke

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 734-739

  Carda, Stefano ^a,b   Invernizzi, Marco ^b,c   Cognolato, Gianluca ^b   Piccoli, Eugenio ^b   Baricich, Alessio ^b   Cisari, Carlo ^b,c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOTICS; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84860629091     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110112     Document Type: Article

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