Wearable Power-Assist Locomotor (WPAL) for supporting upright walking in persons with paraplegia

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-106

  Tanabe, Shigeo ^a   Hirano, Satoshi ^b   Saitoh, Eiichi ^b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

gait rehabilitation; motorized orthosis; rehabilitation robotics; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXERCISE; GAIT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; WEARABLE POWER ASSIST LOCOMOTOR; WHEELCHAIR;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84883889380     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-130932     Document Type: Article

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