Robot-assisted walking training for individuals with Parkinson's disease: A pilot randomized controlled trial

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sale, Patrizio ^a   De Pandis, Maria F ^b   Domenica, Le Pera ^a   Sova, Ivan ^a   Cimolin, Veronica ^c   Ancillao, Andrea ^a   Albertini, Giorgio ^a   Galli, Manuela ^a,c   Stocchi, Fabrizio ^a   Franceschini, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^b TOSINVEST SANITA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Lower limb; Parkinson's disease; Robot

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOT ASSISTED GAIT TRAINING; ROBOTICS; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING; DEVICES; GAIT; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84878008525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-50     Document Type: Article

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