Post-stroke hemiparesis: Does chronicity, etiology, and lesion side are associated with gait pattern?

CONCLUSION: In order to recruit a more homogeneous sample, more accurate results were obtained and an appropriate rehabilitation program was offered, researchers and clinicians should consider that gait pattern might be associated with time since stroke, affected cerebral hemisphere and lesion etiology.
PMID: 28399777 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - April 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Gama GL, Larissa CL, Brasileiro AC, Silva EM, Galvão ÉR, Maciel ÁC, Lindquist AR Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research