A prediction model for determining over ground walking speed after locomotor training in persons with motor incomplete spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-71

  Winchester, Patricia ^a,b   Smith, Patricia ^a   Foreman, Nathan ^a,b   Mosby, James M ^a,b   Pacheco, Fides ^b,c   Querry, Ross ^a,b   Tansey, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Body weight support; Locomotor training; Lokomat; Parapareses; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Robotic; Spasticity; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraparesis; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICTURITION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTICS; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049086122     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11760754     Document Type: Article

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