The effect of robot-assisted locomotor training on walking speed

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3858-3861

  Niu, X ^a,b   Varoqui, D ^a,b   Kindig, M ^b   Mirbagheri, M M ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth Mixture Model; Lokomat; Random Coefficient Regression; spinal cord injury; tizanidine

Indexed keywords

LOKOMAT; MIXTURE MODEL; RANDOM COEFFICIENTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); TIZANIDINE;

PATIENT REHABILITATION; SPEED;

WALKING AIDS;

CLONIDINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TIZANIDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TIME; WALKING;

CLONIDINE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84870791567     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346809     Document Type: Conference Paper

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