Exercise to enhance mobility and prevent falls after stroke: The community stroke club randomized trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1046-1057

  Dean, Catherine M ^a,b   Rissel, Chris ^b   Sherrington, Catherine ^b,c   Sharkey, Michelle ^d   Cumming, Robert G ^b   Lord, Stephen R ^e,f   Barker, Ruth N ^g   Kirkham, Catherine ^d   O'Rourke, Sandra ^e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d Stroke Recovery Association of NSW   (Australia)

^e NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

accidental falls; clinical trial; exercise; mobility limitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84867326818     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312441711     Document Type: Article

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