People with stroke who fail an obstacle crossing task have a higher incidence of falls and utilize different gait patterns compared with people who pass the task

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-344

  Said, Catherine M ^a,b   Galea, Mary P ^c   Lythgo, Noel ^d  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE TEST; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874773371     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120200     Document Type: Article

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