Clinical relevance of gait research applied to clinical trials in spinal cord injury

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-42

  Ditunno, John ^a   Scivoletto, Giorgio ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Functional electrical stimulation; Gait; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VELOCITY;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; GAIT; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149468227     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.09.003     Document Type: Review

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