Kinematic, muscular, and metabolic responses during exoskeletal-, elliptical-, or therapist-assisted stepping in people with incomplete spinal cord injury

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1278-1291

  George Hornby, T ^a,b,c   Kinnaird, Catherine R ^b   Holleran, Carey L ^b   Rafferty, Miriam R ^b   Rodriguez, Kelly S ^b   Cain, Julie B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; LEG; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867040635     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110310     Document Type: Article

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