Contribution of Paretic and Nonparetic Limb Peak Propulsive Forces to Changes in Walking Speed in Individuals Poststroke

Conclusions. Gait retraining in the chronic phase of stroke recovery facilitates paretic limb neuromotor recovery and reduces the reliance on the nonparetic limb’s generation of propulsive force to increase walking speed. These findings support gait rehabilitation efforts directed toward improving the paretic limb’s ability to generate propulsive force.

Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - August 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Hsiao, H., Awad, L. N., Palmer, J. A., Higginson, J. S., Binder-Macleod, S. A. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research