Treadmill training and body weight support for walking after stroke

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mehrholz, Jan ^a   Pohl, Marcus ^a   Elsner, Bernhard ^b  

^a Klinik Bavaria in Kreischa GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE DURATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROREHABILITATION; PATIENT DROPOUT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84900387412     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD002840.pub3     Document Type: Review

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