People with stroke spend more time in active task practice, but similar time in walking practice, when physiotherapy rehabilitation is provided in circuit classes compared to individual therapy sessions: An observational study

Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-54

  English, Coralie ^a,b   Hillier, Susan ^a   Kaur, Gurpreet ^a   Hundertmark, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motor activity; Physical therapy (specialty); Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; CIRCUIT TRAINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; CIRCUIT-BASED EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84901231407     PISSN: 18369553     EISSN: 18369561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphys.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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