Energy expenditure and fatiguability in paraplegic ambulation using reciprocating gait orthosis and electric stimulation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-122

  Hirokawa, Shunji ^a   Solomonow, Moshe ^b   Baratta, Richard ^b   D'Ambrosia, Robert ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; Orthosis; Paraplegia; Reciprocating gait; Rehabilitation ergonomics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0029868587     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289609166028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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