Using wireless technology in clinical practice: Does feedback of daily walking activity improve walking outcomes of individuals receiving rehabilitation post-stroke? Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mansfield, Avril ^a,b,c   Wong, Jennifer S ^a   Bayley, Mark ^a,b   Biasin, Lou ^a,c   Brooks, Dina ^a,c   Brunton, Karen ^a,c   Howe, Jo Anne ^a,c   Inness, Elizabeth L ^a,c   Jones, Simon ^a   Lymburner, Jackie ^a   Mileris, Ramona ^a   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

Goal setting; Physical activity; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Technology; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84880182234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-93     Document Type: Article

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