Ankle voluntary movement enhancement following robotic-assisted locomotor training in spinal cord injury

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Varoqui, Deborah ^a,b   Niu, Xun ^a,b   Mirbagheri, Mehdi M ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GAIT; GAIT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MALE; OVEREXERTION; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; AGED; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; EQUIPMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84897989962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-46     Document Type: Article

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