Comparison of static balance, walking velocity, and energy consumption with knee-ankle-foot orthosis, walkabout orthosis, and reciprocating gait orthosis in thoracic-level paraplegic patients

Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 87-91

  Abe, Kaoru ^a,b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Knee ankle foot orthosis (KAFO); Orthosis; Paraplegia; Reciprocating gait orthosis (RGO); Walkabout orthosis (WO)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749387921     PISSN: 10408800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008526-200607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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