Repetitive mass practice or focused precise practice for retraining walking after incomplete spinal cord injury? A pilot randomized clinical trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 314-324

  Yang, Jaynie F ^a   Musselman, Kristin E ^a,b   Livingstone, Donna ^a   Brunton, Kelly ^a   Hendricks, Gregory ^a,c   Hill, Denise ^d   Gorassini, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Millard Health   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

physical therapy; rehabilitation; spinal cord injuries; treadmill; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL; WALKER; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; YOUNG ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899454562     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968313508473     Document Type: Article

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