Acute cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses during exoskeleton-assisted walking overground among persons with chronic spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 122-132

  Evans, Nicholas ^a   Hartigan, Clare ^a   Kandilakis, Casey ^a   Pharo, Elizabeth ^a   Clesson, Ismari ^a  

^a SHEPHERD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular physiology; energy metabolism; exercise therapy; oxygen consumption; physical fitness; spinal cord injuries; walking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; METABOLIC EQUIVALENT; MIDDLE AGED; MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPIROMETRY; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; ENERGY METABOLISM; FITNESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXOSKELETON DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WALKING;

EID: 84927750940     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: 19455763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci2102-122     Document Type: Article

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