ZeroG: Overground gait and balance training system

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 287-298

  Hidler, Joseph ^a,b   Brennan, David ^b   Black, Iian ^b   Nichols, Diane ^b   Brady, Kathy ^b   Nef, Tobias ^c  

^a Aretech   (United States)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Balance; Body weight support; Functional independence; Gait; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Spinal cord injury; Stroke; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BALANCE; BODY-WEIGHT SUPPORT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE; GAIT; REHABILITATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; WALKING;

ERRORS; UNLOADING;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYNAMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATIC EXERCISE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 79957868795     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.05.0098     Document Type: Article

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