Body weight supported gait training: From laboratory to clinical setting

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 459-463

  Dietz, V ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body weight support; Gait; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 44549089034     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.02.034     Document Type: Review

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