Energy expenditure during walking with weight-bearing control (WBC) orthosis in thoracic level of paraplegic patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 506-510

  Kawashima, N ^a   Sone, Y ^b   Nakazawa, K ^a   Akai, M ^a   Yano, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^b Koumei School for Disabled Children   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Energy cost; Orthotic gait; Physical intensity; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COST; DEVICE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; GAIT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TELEMETRY; THORACIC SPINE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC INJURIES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0042830571     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101494     Document Type: Article

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