Effects of training with a robot-virtual reality system compared with a robot alone on the gait of individuals after stroke

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-174

  Mirelman, Anat ^a,b,d   Bonato, Paolo ^b,c   Deutsch, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community ambulation; Gait; Robotics; Stroke; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STROKE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING SPEED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FITNESS; INSTRUMENTATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARESIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TEACHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 60549105219     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.516328     Document Type: Article

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