Journal of Spine

Ronald Bartels

Publications

• Review
  The Ability to Walk After a Spinal Cord Injury with Emphasis on Exoskeletons: A Review
  Author(s): Van Silfhout L, Michael Edwards, Allard Hosman, Henk Van de Meent and Ronald BartelsVan Silfhout L, Michael Edwards, Allard Hosman, Henk Van de Meent and Ronald Bartels
  
  Background: In recent years, an increasing number of patients with a spinal cord injury (SCI) have been reintegrating into community life and have been getting back to a more active and independent lifestyle. Consequently, rehabilitation therapies have altered, to address activity limitations that patients may experience, to increase participation in the community and to improve patients’ overall quality of life. An innovative, supportive approach to locomotor training is through use of an exoskeleton, which could be used in those patients who are unable to ambulate by themselves. Study design: Review. Objective: To provide an overview of the current literature regarding ambulation in spinal cord injured patients with emphasis on outcome and the usage of exoskeletons, a new innovative way of rehabilitation therapy after a SCI. Methods:.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000392

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