Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 358-363 , March 2006

Hemiplegic Gait After Stroke: Is Measurement of Maximum Speed Required?

  • Boudewijn Kollen

      Affiliations

    • Research Bureau, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Boudewijn J. Kollen, Research Bureau, Isala Klinieken, PO Box 10400, 8000 GK Zwolle, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • Gert Kwakkel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht
    • Department of Rehabilitation VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Eline Lindeman, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht

,Accepted 1 November 2005.

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 Supported by the Netherlands Heart Foundation (project no. 93.134) and ZONmw (grant no. 14.350004).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)01385-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.007

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 3 , Pages 358-363 , March 2006

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