Gait training early after stroke with a new exoskeleton - The hybrid assistive limb: A study of safety and feasibility

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nilsson, Anneli ^a   Vreede, Katarina Skough ^a,b   Häglund, Vera ^a   Kawamoto, Hiroaki ^c   Sankai, Yoshiyuki ^c   Borg, Jörgen ^a,b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODE; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN REDNESS; WALKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; ORTHOSIS; PARESIS; ROBOTICS;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84903575027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-92     Document Type: Article

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