Strength Deficits Also Predict Gait Performance in Patients with Stroke

作者：Richard Wallace Bohannon · 发表于：Perceptual and Motor Skills · 年份：1991 · DOI：10.2466/pms.1991.73.1.146 · 被引用次数：44 · 研究领域：Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery、Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders、Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Measurements of muscle strength have been clearly established as predictors of gait performance in patients with stroke. By examining the previously published data, strength deficits of the paretic side of 26 patients with stroke are also shown to correlate with gait performance (speed [r = -.638]). Paretic muscle strength deficits, then, may also be considered valid predictors of gait performance.