Control of work rate-driven exercise facilitates cardiopulmonary training and assessment during robot-assisted gait in incomplete spinal cord injury

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-28

  Hunt, K J ^a   Jack, L P ^a   Pennycott, A ^a   Perret, C ^b   Baumberger, M ^b   Kakebeeke, T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary assessment; Control; Gait rehabilitation; Rehabilitation robotics; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PULMONARY DISEASES; ROBOTS;

CARDIOPULMONARY ASSESSMENT; GAIT REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

CARDIOLOGY;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METABOLISM; ORTHOSIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAINING; TREADMILL; WALKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38949182321     PISSN: 17468094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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