Clinical and biomechanical factors which predict timed up and Down Stairs test performance in hemiparetic patients

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 466-470

  Bonnyaud, Céline ^a,b   Zory, Raphael ^a   Pradon, Didier ^a   Vuillerme, Nicolas ^b,c   Roche, Nicolas ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanical parameters; Gait analysis; Hemiparetic; Stairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMED UP AND DOWN STAIRS TEST; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS; GAIT ANALYSIS; HEMIPARETIC; STAIRS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880926542     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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