Robotic Gait Training in an Adult With Cerebral Palsy: A Case Report

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Patritti, Benjamin L ^a   Straudi, Sofia ^a   Deming, Lynn C ^a   Benedetti, Maria Grazia ^b   Nimec, Donna L ^a   Bonato, Paolo ^a  

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

^b Movement Analysis Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS;

EID: 74949119875     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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