Ankle training with a robotic device improves hemiparetic gait after a stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-377

  Forrester, Larry W ^a,b,e   Roy, Anindo ^a,b   Krebs, Hermano Igo ^a,c   Macko, Richard F ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VA RR and D Maryland Exercise and Robotics Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ankle robot; Anklebot; Hemiparetic gait; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; RECREATION; ROBOTICS; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TEACHING;

EID: 79954568887     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310388291     Document Type: Article

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