Training dual-task walking in community-dwelling adults within 1 year of stroke: a protocol for a single-blind randomized controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Plummer D'Amato, Prudence ^a   Kyvelidou, Anastasia ^a   Sternad, Dagmar ^a   Najafi, Bijan ^b,c   Villalobos, Raymond M ^d   Zurakowski, David ^e,f  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d New England Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Dual task; Gait; Obstacle avoidance; Participation; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL TASK GAIT TRAINING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINGLE TASK GAIT TRAINING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84868261165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-129     Document Type: Article

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