title: Walking cycle after stroke.
abstract: Temporal-distance parameters of gait, maximum walking speed, walking rate and stride length, were successively examined in 10 hemiparetic stroke patients for 8 weeks after starting gait training. In patients with walking speed less than 20 m/min i.e., walking rate less than 90 steps/min, the increase of walking speed was significantly related to that of walking rate and stride length. In patients with walking speed greater than 20 m/min, the increase of walking speed correlated only to that of stride length, indicating that a limiting factor of walking speed in hemiparetic patients was the decreased stride length.
authors: Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Narugo Branch Hospital, Tohoku University School of Medicine.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Nakamura
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Handa
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Watanabe
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Morohashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D013997:Time Factors