Oxygen costs using a reciprocating gait orthosis in a paraplegic (T9) patient with a bilateral below-knee amputation: Case report

Spinal Cord

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-123

  Smith, W D F ^b,c   Clark, P F ^a   MacArthur, D ^a   Allatt, R D ^a   Hayes, K C ^a   Cunningham, D A ^a  

^a PARKWOOD HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Centre for Health and Community Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral below knee amputation; Energy costs; Paraplegia; Reciprocating gait orthosis (RGO); V O2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0031050541     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100354     Document Type: Article

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