Evaluation of a novel powered gait orthosis for walking by a spinal cord injury patient

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Arazpour, Mokhtar ^a   Chitsazan, Ahmad ^b   Hutchins, Stephen W ^c   Mousavi, Mohammad Ebrahim ^a   Takamjani, Esmaeil Ebrahimi ^d   Ghomshe, Farhad Tabatabaei ^a   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

gait parameters; paraplegia; powered gait orthosis; Spinal cord injury; walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; ISOCENTRIC RECIPROCATING GAIT ORTHOSIS; KNEE; LEG PROSTHESIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERAPY EFFECT; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864439743     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364611435690     Document Type: Article

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