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...

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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
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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

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