Wilmington robotic exoskeleton: A novel device to maintain arm improvement in muscular disease

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Haumont, Thierry ^a   Rahman, Tariq ^a   Sample, Whitney ^a   King, Marilyn M ^a   Church, Chris ^a   Henley, John ^a   Jayakumar, Shanmuga ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

arm weakness; arthrogryposis; exoskeleton; spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WILMINGTON ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79958850521     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: 15392570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e31821f50b5     Document Type: Article

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