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Feasibility Study of a Wearable Exoskeleton for Children: Is the Gait Altered by Adding Masses on Lower Limbs?

We are designing a pediatric exoskeletal ankle robot (pediatric Anklebot) to promote gait habilitation in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Few studies have evaluated how much or whether the unilateral loading of a wearable exoskeleton may have the unwanted effect of altering significantly the gait...

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Autores principales: Rossi, Stefano, Colazza, Alessandra, Petrarca, Maurizio, Castelli, Enrico, Cappa, Paolo, Krebs, Hermano Igo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24023822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073139