Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 529-535 , April 2006

Does Therapeutic Facilitation Add to Locomotor Outcome of Body Weight−Supported Treadmill Training in Nonambulatory Patients With Stroke? A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Hajime Yagura, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Megumi Hatakenaka, MD
    • ,
  • Ichiro Miyai, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ichiro Miyai, MD, PhD, Neurorehabilitation Research Institute, Bobath Memorial Hospital, 1-6-5, Higashinakahama, Joto-ku, Osaka, 536-0023, Japan

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 Supported by the Medical Frontier Strategy Research and Funds for Research on Dementia and Fracture from the Japanese Ministry of Welfare, Health, and Labor and Takeda Science Foundation.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 authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.035

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 529-535 , April 2006

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