Clinical application of the hybrid assistive limb (Hal) for gait training – A systematic review

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Wall, Anneli ^a,b   Borg, Jörgen ^a,b   Palmcrantz, Susanne ^a,b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gait; Gait machine; Locomotion; Paresis; Rehabilitation; Review; Robotics; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA BASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HYBRID ASSISTIVE LIMB; LEG EXOSKELETON; LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WALKING;

EID: 84928107947     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00048     Document Type: Article

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