The efficacy of powered orthoses on walking in persons with paraplegia

Prosthetics and Orthotics International

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 90-99

  Arazpour, Mokhtar ^a   Hutchins, Stephen William ^b   Bani, Monireh Ahmadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paraplegia; Powered gait orthosis; Spinal cord injury; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERLAMINAL FIXATION DEVICE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; POWERED GAIT ORTHOSIS; THERAPY EFFECT; WALKING; WALKING AID; WALKING SPEED; BIOMECHANICS; COMPLICATION; GAIT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOWER LIMB; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARAPLEGIA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84944051073     PISSN: 03093646     EISSN: 17461553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309364613520031     Document Type: Article

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