Body weight-supported gait training for restoration of walking in people with an incomplete spinal cord injury a systematic review

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 513-519

  Wessels, Monique ^a   Lucas, Cees ^a   Eriks, Inge ^a,b   De Groot, Sonja ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gait; Robotics; Spinal cord injuries; Systematic review; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GAIT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953867005     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0525     Document Type: Review

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