The effect of hydrotherapy treatment on gait characteristics of hereditary spastic paraparesis patients

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1074-1079

  Zhang, Yanxin ^a   Roxburgh, Richard ^a,b   Huang, Liang ^a   Parsons, John ^a   Davies, T Claire ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c WAIKATO DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Hereditary spastic paraparesis; Hereditary spastic paraplegia; Hydrotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS; HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPARESIS; HEREDITARY SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; HYDROTHERAPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; JOINTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA, HEREDITARY; WALKING;

EID: 84897107821     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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