Heart rate and oxygen demand of powered exoskeleton-assisted walking in persons with paraplegia

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-158

  Asselin, Pierre ^a   Knezevic, Steven ^a   Kornfeld, Stephen ^a,b   Cirnigliaro, Christopher ^a   Agranova Breyter, Irina ^c   Bauman, William A ^a,d   Spungen, Ann M ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Spinal Cord Injury Patient Care Center   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

6MWT; Ambulatory device; Energy expenditure; Metabolic; Overground walking; Oxygen uptake; Paraplegia; Powered exoskeleton; Reciprocating gait orthosis; RGO; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

HEART; OXYGEN;

6MWT; AMBULATORY DEVICE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; METABOLIC; OVERGROUND WALKING; OXYGEN UPTAKE; PARAPLEGIA; POWERED EXOSKELETON; RECIPROCATING GAIT ORTHOSIS; RGO; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI);

WALKING AIDS;

ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXOSKELETON (REHABILITATION); FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SITTING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; VELOCITY; WALKING; COMPLICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THORACIC VERTEBRA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930973622     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.02.0060     Document Type: Article

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