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Combining robotic exoskeleton and body weight unweighing technology to promote walking activity in tetraplegia following SCI: A case study

Shuo‐Hsiu Chang, Fangshi Zhu, Neel K. Patel, Taimoor Afzal, Marcie Kern, Gerard E. Francisco

Year
2018
Citations
13

Abstract

This report showed that using technology can assist non-ambulatory individuals following SCI to stand and ambulate with assistance which may promote general physical and psychological health if used in the long term.

Keywords

TetraplegiaExoskeletonSpinal cord injuryPhysical medicine and rehabilitationMedicinePowered exoskeletonPhysical therapyAmbulatorySpinal cordSurgery

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