Robot assisted treadmill training: Mechanisms and training strategies

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 527-533

  Hussain, Shahid ^a   Xie, Sheng Quan ^a   Liu, Guangyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Active orthosis; Compliance; Gait rehabilitation; Neurologic injuries; Robotics; Training strategies; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; GAIT REHABILITATION; NEUROLOGIC INJURIES; ORTHOSIS; TRAINING STRATEGIES; TREADMILL TRAINING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SPORTING GOODS;

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT;

ACTIVE LEG EXOSKELETON; AMBULATION ASSISTING ROBOTIC TOOL FOR HUMAN REHABILITATION; BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTED TREADMILL TRAINING; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GAIT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER EXTREMITY POWERED EXOSKELETON; ORTHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ASSIST MANIPULATOR; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED TREADMILL TRAINING; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STROKE; TRAINING; TRAJECTORY TRACKING; TREADMILL;

EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 79955974112     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.12.010     Document Type: Review

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