Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 7 , Pages 974-980 , July 2006

Knee Muscle Strength, Gait Performance, and Perceived Participation After Stroke

  • Ulla-Britt Flansbjer, PT, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • Department of Health Sciences, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Ulla-Britt Flansbjer, PT, MSc, Dept of Rehabilitation, Lund University Hospital, Orupssjukhuset, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
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  • David Downham, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England
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  • Jan Lexell, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    • Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.

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    The relation between SIS participation and gait performance. High SIS values represent no or low restriction in participation whereas low values indicate more restricted participation. For each of the

    The relation between SIS participation and gait performance. High SIS values represent no or low restriction in participation whereas low values indicate more restricted participation. For each of the 6 gait performance tests, a better performance corresponded to a significantly (P<.01) higher SIS participation value.

 Supported by the Norrbacka-Eugenia Foundation, the Swedish Stroke Association, Magnus Bergvall Foundation, the Swedish Association of Neurologically Disabled, the Swedish Society of Medicine, Gun and Bertil Stohne Foundation, the Crafoord Foundation, the Council for Medical Health Care Research in South Sweden, and Skane County Council’s Research and Development 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.

PII: S0003-9993(06)00286-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.03.008

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 7 , Pages 974-980 , July 2006

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