Effects of robot-guided passive stretching and active movement training of ankle and mobility impairments in stroke

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-634

  Waldman, Genna ^a,b   Yang, Chung Yong ^a,c   Ren, Yupeng ^b   Liu, Lin ^b,d   Guo, Xin ^a,e   Harvey, Richard L ^a,b   Roth, Elliot J ^a,b   Zhang, Li Qun ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

movement training; rehabilitation; robotics; Stretching; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; ROBOTICS; SPASTICITY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880140282     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130885     Document Type: Article

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