Gait asymmetry, ankle spasticity, and depression as independent predictors of falls in ambulatory stroke patients

Ta-Sen Wei; Peng-Ta Liu; Liang-Wey Chang; Sen-Yung Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177136

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Gait asymmetry, ankle spasticity, and depression as independent predictors of falls in ambulatory stroke patients

Ta-Sen Wei,

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Fall Prevention Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Peng-Ta Liu,

Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Fall Prevention Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Liang-Wey Chang ,

* E-mail: bmechlw@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Sen-Yung Liu

Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Fall Prevention Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Gait asymmetry, ankle spasticity, and depression as independent predictors of falls in ambulatory stroke patients

Ta-Sen Wei,
Peng-Ta Liu,
Liang-Wey Chang,
Sen-Yung Liu

Published: May 23, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177136

About the Authors

Ta-Sen Wei

Affiliations Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Fall Prevention Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Peng-Ta Liu

Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Fall Prevention Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Liang-Wey Chang

* E-mail: bmechlw@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Sen-Yung Liu

Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Fall Prevention Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TSW. Data curation: PTL. Resources: SYL. Supervision: LWC. Writing – original draft: PTL. Writing – review & editing: TSW.

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