A Pilot Study on the Feasibility of Robot-Aided Leg Motor Training to Facilitate Active Participation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Krishnan, Chandramouli ^a,b,c   Ranganathan, Rajiv ^b,c   Dhaher, Yasin Y ^b,c   Rymer, William Z ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT ORTHOSIS; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR LEARNING TASK; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TRAINING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT STUDY; ROBOT AIDED GAIT THERAPY; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROBOTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84885416591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077370     Document Type: Article

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