Clinical and quantitative evaluation of robotic-assisted treadmill walking to retrain ambulation after spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Hornby, T George ^a,b,c   Campbell, Donielle D ^c   Zemon, David H ^c   Kahn, Jennifer H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTED TREADMILL TRAINING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 26944460752     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/14Q9-AD7M-FXX9-1G2J     Document Type: Article

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