Evaluation of robot-assisted gait training using integrated biofeedback in neurologic disorders

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 595-600

  Stoller, Oliver ^a   Waser, Marco ^b   Stammler, Lukas ^a   Schuster, Corina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Reha Rheinfelden   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Gait; Lokomat; Neurological disease; Rehabilitation; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORCE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HIP FLEXION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE EXTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT ASSISTED GAIT TRAINING; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL PARALYSIS; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TORQUE; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84859214876     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.11.031     Document Type: Article

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