Weight-shift training improves trunk control, proprioception, and balance in patients with chronic hemiparetic stroke

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 232, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 195-199

  Jung, Kyoungsim ^a   Kim, Young ^a   Chung, Yijung ^a   Hwang, Sujin ^b  

^a Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

^b Baekseok University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Balance; Proprioception; Stroke; Trunk control; Unstable surface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC HEMIPARETIC STROKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SITTING; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; TRAINING; TRUNK CONTROL; TRUNK IMPAIRMENT SCALE; TRUNK REPOSITION ERROR; WEIGHT SHIFT TRAINING;

BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; STROKE; TORSO;

EID: 84896485639     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.232.195     Document Type: Article

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