Gait activity depends on limb extension and phasing in spinal cord contused rodents: Implications for robotic gait training and assessment

Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 556-560

  Nessler, Jeff A ^c   Minakata, Koyiro ^c   Sharp, Kelli ^b   Reinkensmeyer, David J ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HINDLIMBS; HOPPING ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD CONTUSED RODENTS;

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; WALKING AIDS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745791134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2005.1502024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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