WARD: A pneumatic system for body weight relief in gait rehabilitation

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 506-513

  Gazzani, F ^a   Fadda, A ^a   Torre, M ^a   Macellari, V ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Body weight support; Instrumentation; Locomotion training; Reduced gravity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; WALKING AID;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION;

EID: 0034474420     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.895954     Document Type: Article

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