Does robot-assisted gait rehabilitation improve balance in stroke patients? a systematic review

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-100

  Swinnen, Eva ^a   Beckwée, David ^a   Meeusen, Romain ^a   Baeyens, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Kerckhofs, Eric ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b University College Thim van der Laan   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

balance; Berg Balance Scale; gait; robot assistance; stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; GAIT; GAIT ORTHOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOT ASSISTED GAIT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINETTI (ASSESSMENT); TREADMILL;

BALANCE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; GAIT; ROBOT ASSISTANCE; STROKE;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898456212     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2102-87     Document Type: Article

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