Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 511-516 , April 2010

Symmetrical kinematic changes in highly functioning older patients post-stroke during obstacle-crossing

  • Tung-Wu Lu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Hsiao-Ching Yen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Hao-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Occupational Therapy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Wei-Chun Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Sheng-Chang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Shih-Wun Hong

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
    • ,
  • Jiann-Shing Jeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, No.7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 23123456x65338; fax: +886 2 23418395.

Received 19 December 2008 ,Revised 10 February 2010 ,Accepted 21 February 2010.

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PII: S0966-6362(10)00065-2

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.02.012

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 511-516 , April 2010

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