The Effects of Exoskeleton Assisted Knee Extension on Lower-Extremity Gait Kinematics, Kinetics, and Muscle Activity in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Individuals with cerebral palsy often exhibit crouch gait, a debilitating and inefficient walking pattern marked by excessive knee flexion that worsens with age. To address the need for improved treatment, we sought to evaluate if providing external knee extension assistance could reduce the excessi...

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Autores principales: Lerner, Zachary F., Damiano, Diane L., Bulea, Thomas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29044202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13554-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5647342/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29044202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13554-2

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