Using robotics to teach the spinal cord to walk

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 267-273

  De Leon, Ray D ^a   Kubasak, Marc D ^b   Phelps, Patricia E ^b   Timoszyk, Wojciech K ^b   Reinkensmeyer, David J ^b   Roy, Roland R ^c   Edgerton, V Reggie ^b,c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindlimb; Rats; Spinal cord; Training; Transection; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FORCE; HINDLIMB; JOINT MOBILITY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; TEACHING; WALKING;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; RATS; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036824369     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00209-6     Document Type: Review

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