Effect of acceleration and deceleration distance on the walking speed of people with chronic stroke.

CONCLUSION: Adoption of 1 m acceleration and deceleration distance is recommended when measuring the comfortable walking speed in the 5mWT in people with stroke. Neither acceleration nor deceleration distance is needed when measuring the maximum walking speed in the 5mWT, the comfortable walking speed or the maximum walking speed in the 10mWT.
PMID: 27534654 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine - August 19, 2016 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: J Rehabil Med Source Type: research