Vertical ground reaction force-based analysis of powered exoskeleton-assisted walking in persons with motor-complete paraplegia

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 313-321

  Fineberg, Drew B ^a   Asselin, Pierre ^a   Harel, Noam Y ^a,b   Agranova Breyter, Irina ^a   Kornfeld, Stephen D ^a   Bauman, William A ^a,b   Spungen, Ann M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; F scan tekscan; Fourier series; Mechanical loading; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; ReWalk ; Robotic assisted exoskeletal device; Spinal cord injury; Vertical ground reaction force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); EXOSKELETON ASSISTED WALKING; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VELOCITY; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARAPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VETERANS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880833180     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: 20457723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000126     Document Type: Article

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