Resistance training for gait speed and total distance walked during the chronic stage of stroke: A meta-analysis

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 471-478

  Mehta, Swati ^a,b   Pereira, Shelialah ^a,b   Viana, Ricardo ^b,c   Mays, Rachel ^a,b   McIntyre, Amanda ^a,b   Janzen, Shannon ^a,b   Teasell, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gait; Resistance training; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; LEG MUSCLE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84870675486     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1906-471     Document Type: Review

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