Physical fitness training in Subacute Stroke (PHYS-STROKE) - study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Flöel, Agnes ^a   Werner, Cordula ^b   Grittner, Ulrike ^a   Hesse, Stefan ^b   Jöbges, Michael ^c   Knauss, Janet ^d   Seifert, Michael ^d   Steinhagen Thiessen, Elisabeth ^a   Gövercin, Mehmet ^a   Dohle, Christian ^a,e,f   Fischer, Wolfgang ^g   Schlieder, Regina ^a   Nave, Alexander H ^a   Meisel, Andreas ^a   Ebinger, Martin ^a   Wellwood, Ian ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Medical Park Berlin   (Germany)

^c Brandenburg Klinik   (Germany)

^d MEDIAN Kliniken GmbH   (Germany)

^e MEDIAN Klinik Berlin Kladow   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; GERMANY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84893845690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-45     Document Type: Article

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