A wearable robotic knee orthosis for gait training: A case-series of hemiparetic stroke survivors

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Wong, Christopher Kevin ^a   Bishop, Lauri ^b   Stein, Joel ^b  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; gait; orthotic device; robotics; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CASE REPORT; EMORY FUNCTIONAL AMBULATION PROFILE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; ROBOTIC KNEE ORTHOSIS; ROBOTICS; SIX MINUTE WALK TEST; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTICS; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862595871     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364611428235     Document Type: Article

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