Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 296-301 , February 2009

Timed Walking Tests Correlate With Daily Step Activity In Persons With Stroke

Presented in part to the Australian Physiotherapy Association Conference, October 4–6, 2007, Cairns, Australia, and the 5th World Congress for NeuroRehabilitation, September 24–27, 2008, Brasilia, Brazil.

  • Suzie Mudge, MHSc

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Suzie Mudge, MHSc, Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
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  • N. Susan Stott, PhD

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 Supported by a Health Research Council Clinical Training Fellowship (Mudge). Research costs were funded by the Health Research Council (grant no. HRC 06/059) and the Wishbone Trust.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.025

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 296-301 , February 2009

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