Metabolic and Biomechanical Effects of Velocity and Weight Support Using a Lower-Body Positive Pressure Device During Walking

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 951-957

  Grabowski, Alena M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Locomotion; Rehabilitation; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; VOLUNTEER; WALKING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77952704637     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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