Body configuration at first stepping-foot contact predicts backward balance recovery capacity in people with chronic stroke.

To determine the predictive value of leg and trunk inclination angles at stepping-foot contact for the capacity to recover from a backward balance perturbation with a single step in people after stroke.Twenty-four chronic stroke survivors and 21 healthy controls were included in a cross-sectional st...

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Main Authors: Digna de Kam, Jolanda M B Roelofs, Alexander C H Geurts, Vivian Weerdesteyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5823379?pdf=render

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