Improving assisted ambulation in a man with multiple disabilities through the use of a microswitch cluster

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-249

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Oliva, Doretta ^d   Scalini, Lorenza ^d   Groeneweg, Jop ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Lega F D'Oro Research Centre   (Italy)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted ambulation; Microswitch cluster; Multiple disabilities; Upright body posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSWITCH CLUSTER; OPTICS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; WALKING;

EID: 2542493855     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465804001201     Document Type: Article

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