Robotic gait training is not superior to conventional treadmill training in parkinson disease: A single-blind randomized controlled trial

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1027-1034

  Carda, Stefano ^a,b   Invernizzi, Marco ^a,c   Baricich, Alessio ^a   Comi, Cristoforo ^a,c   Croquelois, Alexandre ^b   Cisari, Carlo ^a,c  

^a Universitaria Maggiore Della Carita   (Italy)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

exercise therapy; gait; locomotion; Parkinson disease; rehabilitation; robot assisted gait training

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL TREADMILL TRAINING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTIC GAIT TRAINING; ROBOTICS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WALKING;

EID: 84867317622     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312446753     Document Type: Article

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