Transfer of scientific concepts to clinical practice: Recent robot-assisted training studies

Functional Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 173-177

  Waldner, Andreas ^a,b   Tomelleri, Christopher ^a   Hesse, Stefan ^c  

^a Villa Melitta Rehabilitation Clinic   (Italy)

^b Research Unit for Neurorehabilitation South Tyrol   (Italy)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neurorehabilitation; Robotics; Stair climbing

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SCIENCE; STROKE; TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; LEARNING; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77953742047     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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