Effects of weight-shift training on walking ability, ambulation, and weight distribution in individuals with chronic stroke: A pilot study

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 437-443

  Andersson, Pontus ^a   Franzén, Erika ^b,c  

^a Segeltorp Physiotherapy Ltd   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cerebral lesion; Exercise; Force Plate; Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME VARIABLES SCALE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; STANDING; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT SHIFT TRAINING; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; KINESIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84973409493     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1074935715Z.00000000052     Document Type: Article

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