Voluntary driven exoskeleton as a new tool for rehabilitation in chronic spinal cord injury: A pilot study

Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2847-2853

  Aach, Mirko ^a   Cruciger, Oliver ^a   Sczesny Kaiser, Matthias ^a   Höffken, Oliver ^a   Meindl, Renate Ch ^a   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a   Schwenkreis, Peter ^a   Sankai, Yoshiyuki ^b   Schildhauer, Thomas A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exoskeleton; Hybrid assistive limb; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Treadmill training

Indexed keywords

10 MINUTE WALK TEST; 6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; ASHWORTH SCALE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GAIT ORTHOSIS; HUMAN; HYBRID ASSISTIVE LIMB EXOSKELETON; LOWER EXTREMITY MOTOR SCORE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PILOT STUDY; ROBOTICS; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREADMILL; WALKING INDEX FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY II; WALKING SPEED; COMPLICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SELF HELP DEVICE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARAPLEGIA; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 84919333494     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.03.042     Document Type: Article

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