Is impaired control of reactive stepping related to falls during inpatient stroke rehabilitation?

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 526-533

  Mansfield, Avril ^a,b   Inness, Elizabeth L ^a,c   Wong, Jennifer S ^a   Fraser, Julia E ^a,c   McIlroy, William E ^a,b,c,d  

^a TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

accidental falls; postural balance; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE PATIENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REHABILITATION; STROKE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 84878836020     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313478486     Document Type: Article

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