Open AccessImproving Spatiotemporal Gait Asymmetry Has Limited Functional Benefit for Individuals Poststroke
Author(s) -
Hannah P Ryan,
Carty Husted,
Michael D. Lewek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of neurologic physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.046
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1557-0584
pISSN - 1557-0576
DOI - 10.1097/npt.0000000000000321
Subject(s) - gait , balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , asymmetry , preferred walking speed , physical therapy , dynamic balance , medicine , quantum mechanics , physics
Prior literature suggests a relationship between spatiotemporal gait asymmetry and metabolic cost of walking, balance, endurance, quality of life, and physical activity in people with chronic stroke. Our purpose was to determine whether targeting spatiotemporal gait symmetry would concomitantly improve these measures.