Differentiating ability in users of the ReWalkTM powered exoskeleton: An analysis of walking kinematics

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Talaty, Mukul ^a   Esquenazi, Alberto ^a   Briceno, Jorge E ^b  

^a Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

powered exoskeleton; ReWalkTM; Spinal Cord Injury; training methods; walking performance

Indexed keywords

POWERED EXOSKELETON; REWALKTM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); TRAINING METHODS; WALKING PERFORMANCE;

PATIENT REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

KINEMATICS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 84891065173     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2013.6650469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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