Incorporating manual and robotic locomotor training into clinical practice: Suggestions for clinical decision making

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-38

  Backus, Deborah ^a,b   Tefertiller, Candace ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Locomotor training; Outcome assessment (health care); Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; LOCOMOTOR TRAINING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 49149105589     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1401-23     Document Type: Article

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