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Reducing the energy cost of walking in older adults using a passive hip flexion device

BACKGROUND: Elevated energy cost is a hallmark feature of gait in older adults. As such, older adults display a general avoidance of walking which contributes to declining health status and risk of morbidity. Exoskeletons offer a great potential for lowering the energy cost of walking, however their...

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Autores principales: Panizzolo, Fausto A., Bolgiani, Chiara, Di Liddo, Laura, Annese, Eugenio, Marcolin, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31615535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12984-019-0599-4