The relationship between walking speed and muscle strength for knee extension in hemiparetic stroke patients: a follow-up study.
Walking speed and isokinetic strength of knee extension were examined in 18 hemiparetic stroke patients prior to, and 4 and 8 weeks after gait training. Although increase of the walking speed did not coincide with that of the isokinetic strength of the affected and non-affected sides, regression analyses revealed that the strength of the affected side was the primary determinant of the walking speed and the variance explained by it gradually increased with a period of the training.
Nakamura
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Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Narugo.
Watanabe
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S
Handa
T
T
Morohashi
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I
D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction