Assessment of in-hospital walking velocity and level of assistance in a powered exoskeleton in persons with spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-109

  Yang, Ajax ^a,b   Asselin, Pierre ^a   Knezevic, Steven ^a   Kornfeld, Stephen ^a,b   Spungen, Ann M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

community ambulation; gait analysis; gait velocity; level of assistance; paralysis; powered exoskeleton; ReWalk; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRUTCH; EXOSKELETAL ASSISTED WALKING; EXOSKELETON; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SKIN ABRASION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; WHEELCHAIR; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARAPLEGIA; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXOSKELETON DEVICE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; POSTURE; SAFETY; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927709145     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci2102-100     Document Type: Article

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