How to improve walking, balance and social participation following stroke: a comparison of the long term effects of two walking aids--canes and an orthosis TheraTogs--on the recovery of gait following acute stroke. A study protocol for a multi-centre, single blind, randomised control trial

BACKGROUND: Annually, some 9000 people in Switzerland suffer a first time stroke. Of these 60% are left with moderate to severe walking disability. Evidence shows that rehabilitation techniques which emphasise activity of the hemiplegic side increase ipsilesional cortical plasticity and improve func...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Maguire, Clare, Sieben, Judith M, Erzer, Florian, Goepfert, Beat, Frank, Matthias, Ferber, Georg, Jehn, Melissa, Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno, de Bie, Robert A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22462692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-12-18

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3342107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22462692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-12-18

Ejemplares similares