"Ineffectiveness" of automated locomotor training [1] (multiple letters)

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2385-2386

  Wernig, Anton ^a   Wirz, Markus ^b   Dietz, Volker ^b   Colombo, Gery ^b   Hornby, T George ^c   Rupp, Ruediger ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCOMOTION; MOBILIZATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL; WALKING;

EID: 28844460299     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.10.009     Document Type: Letter

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