Effects of unilateral robotic limb loading on gait characteristics in subjects with chronic stroke

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Khanna, Ira ^a,b,c   Roy, Anindo ^a,b,c   Rodgers, Mary M ^a   Krebs, Hermano I ^a,b,d   MacKo, Richard M ^a,c   Forrester, Larry W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 77952434147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-7-23     Document Type: Article

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