Is gait speed or walking distance a better predictor for community walking after stroke?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 535-540

  Bijleveld Uitman, Merel ^a   Van De Port, Ingrid ^a,c   Kwakkel, Gert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Revant Rehabilitation Centre Breda   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Community walking; Confounding factors; Gait speed; Outcome; Stroke; Walking distance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; TIME; WALKING;

AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ROC CURVE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84878801278     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1147     Document Type: Article

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