A powered lower limb orthosis for providing legged mobility in paraplegic individuals

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-33

  Quintero, Hugo ^a   Farris, Ryan ^a   Hartigan, Clare ^b   Clesson, Ismari ^b   Goldfarb, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

mobility limitation; orthotic devices; rehabilitation; robotics; spinal cord injuries; walking

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; FOOT ORTHOSIS; FOREARM; HIP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING AID;

EID: 80052883151     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1701-25     Document Type: Article

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