Is walking faster or walking farther more important to persons with chronic stroke?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 860-867

  Combs, Stephanie A ^a   Van Puymbroeck, Marieke ^b   Altenburger, Peter A ^c   Miller, Kristine K ^c,d   Dierks, Tracy A ^c   Schmid, Arlene A ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA HSRandD Stroke Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)   (United States)

^f REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait endurance; Stroke; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 84876584795     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.717575     Document Type: Article

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