The relationship between spatiotemporal gait asymmetry and balance in individuals with chronic stroke

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-36

  Lewek, Michael D ^a   Bradley, Claire E ^b   Wutzke, Clinton J ^a   Zinder, Steven M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Gait; Rehabilitation; Spatiotemporal asymmetry; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BALANCING; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; ORTHOPEDICS;

ASYMMETRY RATIOS; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS; GAIT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ASYMMETRY; STROKE; WALKING PATTERN; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDING; WALKING SPEED;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84897467842     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.2012-0208     Document Type: Article

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