BalanceReTrainer: A new standing-balance training apparatus and methods applied to a chronic hemiparetic subject with a neglect syndrome

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-259

  Matjačić, Zlatko ^a   Hesse, Stefan ^b   Sinkjaer, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Neurological rehabilitation; Standing balance training; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; FORCE; HEMIPARESIS; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSCLE FORCE; NEGLECT SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PELVIS; PERCEPTION DISORDER; RIGIDITY; SAFETY; STANDING; TECHNICAL AID; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 17144458008     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2003-18309     Document Type: Article

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