Design of the Wearable Power-Assist Locomotor (WPAL) for paraplegic gait reconstruction

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-91

  Tanabe, Shigeo ^a   Saitoh, Eiichi ^b   Hirano, Satoshi ^b   Katoh, Masaki ^c   Takemitsu, Tomohiko ^d   Uno, Akihito ^e   Shimizu, Yasuhiro ^b   Muraoka, Yoshihiro ^a   Suzuki, Toru ^f  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d ASKA Corporation   (Japan)

^e Tomei Brace Company   (Japan)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Gait rehabilitation; Motorized orthosis; Rehabilitation robotics; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARAPLEGIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 84871443283     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2012.688238     Document Type: Article

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