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Gait Training

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Walking is a major goal for most patients. Effective walking requires the ability to change direction and to walk backward and sideways as well as forward. Being able to go up and down curbs, climb stairs and hills, and open and close doors increases the utility of the activity. To be totally functional the individual should be able to get down onto the ground and back up to standing again.

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    Susan S. Adler

  2. Samenwerkende Revalidatiecentra Limburg, Postbus 88, NL-6430 AB, Hoensbroek, The Netherlands

    Dominiek Beckers & Math Buck

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Adler, S.S., Beckers, D., Buck, M. (1993). Gait Training. In: PNF in Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02876-6_12

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