Purpose—The aim of this guideline is to provide a synopsis of best clinical practices in the
rehabilitative care of adults recovering from stroke. Methods—Writing group members were …

Background: Individuals with acute-onset central nervous system (CNS) injury, including
stroke, motor incomplete spinal cord injury, or traumatic brain injury, often experience lasting …

Stroke-induced hemiparetic gait is characteristically slow and metabolically expensive.
Passive assistive devices such as ankle-foot orthoses are often prescribed to increase …

Stroke rehabilitation is a progressive, dynamic, goal-orientated process aimed at enabling a
person with impairment to reach their optimal physical, cognitive, emotional, communicative …

Background and Purpose—Walking ability poststroke is commonly assessed using gait
speed categories developed by Perry et al. The purpose of this study was to reexamine …

The recovery of walking capacity is one of the main aims in stroke rehabilitation. Being able
to predict if and when a patient is going to walk after stroke is of major interest in terms of …

Motor impairment is common after stroke and directly impacts the stroke survivor's function
and quality of life. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) may reduce disability by …

This paper presents some recent developments in the field of wearable sensors and
systems that are relevant to rehabilitation and provides examples of systems with evidence …

Background Functional electrical stimulation (FES) applied to the paretic peroneal nerve has
positive clinical effects on foot drop secondary to stroke. Objective To evaluate the …

Background. Evidence supports peroneal nerve functional electrical stimulation (FES) as an
effective alternative to ankle-foot orthoses (AFO) for treatment of foot drop poststroke, but few …