Concurrent validity of walking speed values calculated via the GAITRite electronic walkway and 3 meter walk test in the chronic stroke population

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-188

  Peters, Denise M ^a   Middleton, Addie ^a   Donley, Jonathan W ^b   Blanck, Erika L ^c   Fritz, Stacy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Outcome measurement; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKER; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; WALKERS; WALKING;

EID: 84897646269     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2013.845805     Document Type: Article

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