Bilateral coordination and gait symmetry after body-weight supported treadmill training for persons with chronic stroke.

Background: Locomotor interventions are commonly assessed using functional outcomes, but these outcomes provide limited information about changes toward recovery or compensatory mechanisms. The study purposes were to examine changes in gait symmetry and bilateral coordination following body-weight supported treadmill training in individuals with chronic hemiparesis due to stroke and to compare findings to participants without disability.

Methods: Nineteen participants with stroke (>6 months) who ambulated between 0.

Effects of body-weight supported treadmill training on kinetic symmetry in persons with chronic stroke.

Background: The purpose was to examine changes in kinetic symmetry in persons with chronic stroke immediately and 6-months after body-weight supported treadmill training.

Methods: Fifteen participants at least six-months post stroke and able to ambulate between 0.4 and 0.