Gait analysis for poststroke rehabilitation: The relevance of biomechanical analysis and the impact of gait speed

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-276

  Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Betschart, Martina ^a,b   Bethoux, Francois ^c  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b The Multidisciplinary SensoriMotor Rehabilitation Research Team   (Canada)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Gait training; Ground reaction forces; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACCELERATION; ADDUCTION; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; DECELERATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HAMSTRING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROTATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84876370581     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2012.11.007     Document Type: Review

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