Reliability of the 12-step ascend and descend test and its correlation with motor function in people with chronic stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-129

  Ng, Shamay S ^a   Ng, Hannah H ^a   Chan, Kimmy M ^a   Lai, Julia C ^a   To, Ann K ^a   Yeung, Cindy W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Outcomes measures; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; WALKING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875999600     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1086     Document Type: Article

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