Reliability of movement workspace measurements in a passive arm orthosis used in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Rudhe, Claudia ^a   Albisser, Urs ^a   Starkey, Michelle L ^a   Curt, Armin ^a   Bolliger, Marc ^a  

^a BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Passive arm orthosis; Rehabilitation; Reliability; Spinal cord injury; Upper limb function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BRACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; ARM; BRACES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84861949537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-9-37     Document Type: Article

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