Innovative gait robot for the repetitive practice of floor walking and stair climbing up and down in stroke patients

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

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

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Privatklinik Villa Melitta   (Italy)

^c Research Department for Neurorehabilitation South Tyrol   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; LEG; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STROKE; TIME; WALKING;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); ROBOTICS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 77953955580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-7-30     Document Type: Article

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