Evaluation of a novel powered hip orthosis for walking by a spinal cord injury patient: A single case study

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-112

  Arazpour, Mokhtar ^a   Chitsazan, Ahmad ^b   Hutchins, Stephen W ^c   Ghomshe, Farhad Tabatabai ^a   Mousavi, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Takamjani, Esmaeil Ebrahimi ^d   Aminian, Gholamreza ^a   Rahgozar, Mehdi ^a   Bani, Monireh Ahmadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

paraplegia; powered hip orthosis; spinal cord injury; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; ISOCENTRIC RECIPROCATING GAIT ORTHOSIS; KINEMATICS; MOTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; ORTHOTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862619187     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364611431482     Document Type: Article

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