Feasibility of robotic-assisted locomotor training in children with central gait impairment

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 900-906

  Meyer Heim, Andreas ^a   Borggraefe, I ^b   Ammann Reiffer, C ^a   Berweck, St ^b   Sennhauser, F H ^a   Colombo, G ^c   Knecht, B ^a   Heinen, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c A G Hocoma ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRIVEN GAIT ORTHOSIS TRAINING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GAIT DISORDER; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARAPLEGIA; PEDIATRIC REHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WALKING SPEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 36548999402     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00900.x     Document Type: Article

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