Pilot study of locomotion improvement using hybrid assistive limb in chronic stroke patients

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kawamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Kamibayashi, Kiyotaka ^a   Nakata, Yoshio ^a,b   Yamawaki, Kanako ^a   Ariyasu, Ryohei ^a   Sankai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sakane, Masataka ^a,b   Eguchi, Kiyoshi ^b   Ochiai, Naoyuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HYBRID ASSISTIVE LIMB; LIMB PROSTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE PATIENT; TIMED UP AND GO TEST SCORE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROKE;

EID: 84885008608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-141     Document Type: Article

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