The effect of impedance-controlled robotic gait training on walking ability and quality in individuals with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury: An explorative study

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fleerkotte, Bertine M ^a   Koopman, Bram ^b   Buurke, Jaap H ^a   Van Asseldonk, Edwin H F ^b   Van Der Kooij, Herman ^b,c   Rietman, Johan S ^a,b,d  

^a ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Impedance control; Locomotor training; Robotic gait rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; LOWER EXTREMITY MOTOR SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; BIOMECHANICS; CONVALESCENCE; EQUIPMENT; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 84898540447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-26     Document Type: Article

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