Understanding therapeutic benefits of overground bionic ambulation: Exploratory case series in persons with chronic, complete spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1878-1887.e4

  Kressler, Jochen ^a   Thomas, Christine K ^a   Field Fote, Edelle C ^a   Sanchez, Justin ^a,b   Widerström Noga, Eva ^a   Cilien, Deena C ^a   Gant, Katie ^a   Ginnety, Kelly ^a   Gonzalez, Hernan ^b   Martinez, Adriana ^a   Anderson, Kimberley D ^a   Nash, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulation; Bionics; Evaluation; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; BIONICS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; OVERGROUND BIONIC AMBULATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING SPEED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VERTEBRA; WALKING;

ADULT; BIONICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURALGIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; ROBOTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WALKING;

EID: 84908509536     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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