Effects of motor imagery training on balance and gait abilities in post-stroke patients: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 675-680

  Cho, Hwi Young ^a,b   Kim, June Sun ^a   Lee, Gyu Chang ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

balance; gait; motor imagery; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH KOREA; STROKE; ARTICLE; BALANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR IMAGERY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER;

FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STROKE;

BALANCE; GAIT; MOTOR IMAGERY; STROKE;

EID: 84879981002     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512464702     Document Type: Article

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