People With Stroke Who Fail an Obstacle Crossing Task Have a Higher Incidence of Falls and Utilize Different Gait Patterns Compared With People Who Pass the Task | Zendy

Catherine M. Said | Zendy; Mary P. Galea | Zendy; Noel Lythgo | Zendy

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People With Stroke Who Fail an Obstacle Crossing Task Have a Higher Incidence of Falls and Utilize Different Gait Patterns Compared With People Who Pass the Task

Author(s) -

Catherine M. Said,

Mary P. Galea,

Noel Lythgo

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20120200

Subject(s) - physical medicine and rehabilitation , task (project management) , gait , incidence (geometry) , stroke (engine) , obstacle , medicine , mathematics , geography , engineering , geometry , mechanical engineering , systems engineering , archaeology

Obstacle crossing is impaired in people following stroke. It is not known whether people with stroke who fail an obstacle crossing task have more falls or whether the gait adjustments used to cross an obstacle differ from those used by people who pass the task.

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