Reciprocating gait orthoses: A multicenter study of their use by spinal cord injured patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 582-586

  Franceschini, Marco ^a   Baratta, Silvano ^a   Zampolini, Mauro ^a   Loria, Daniel ^b   Lotta, Sergio ^c  

^a UO Riabilit Intensiva N   (Italy)

^b SRRF   (Italy)

^c Ctro Riabilit di Villanova d'Arda   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMBING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0030979734     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90422-6     Document Type: Article

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