Reciprocating Gait Orthosis powered with electrical muscle stimulation (RGO II). Part II: Medical evaluation of 70 paraplegic patients

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 411-418

  Solomonow, M ^a,c   Reisin, E ^b   Aguilar, E ^a   Baratta, R V ^a   Best, R ^a   D'Ambrosia, R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Urologic Institute of New Orleans   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPASTICITY;

BONE RESORPTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; GAIT; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LIPID METABOLISM; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 1842329203     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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