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WALKER, MECHANICAL

Known as: Walker, rigid (pickup), adjustable or fixed height, frames walking, walking frame 
A mechanical walker is a four-legged device with a metal frame intended for medical purposes to provide moderate weight support while walking. It is… 
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2017
2017
Gait variability predicts a subset of falls in cerebellar gait disorders
Review
2016
Review
2016
Need and use of assistive devices for personal mobility by individuals with spinal cord injury
Objective: To investigate the provision, use, and unmet need of assistive devices for personal mobility in the Swiss population… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Technical note: A rear support walking frame for severely disabled children with cerebral palsy: Initial development
Ambulation for patients with total body involved cerebral palsy poses greater problems than those encountered in providing… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Evaluation of a training program for persons with SCI paraplegia using the Parastep 1 ambulation system: part 1. Ambulation performance and anthropometric measures.
1997
1997
The influence of the reciprocal hip joint link in the Advanced Reciprocating Gait Orthosis on standing performance in paraplegia
The effect of reciprocally linking the hip hinges of a hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis on standing performance was studied in a… 
1996
1996
Stability of walking frames.
Biomechanical tools were used to assess stability for 11 patients who, following the surgical amputation of one lower limb… 
1993
1993
Kinematics of walking frame ambulation.
1993
1993
System for routine assessment of walker-assisted gait.
1987
1987
Lower extremity amputees with peripheral vascular disease: graded exercise testing and results of prosthetic training.
Thirty-nine subjects, mean age 72 (range 52 to 89), with a leg amputation because of peripheral vascular disease performed graded… 
1982
1982
Ulnar nerve palsy and walking frames.
drove badly and ascribed this to not being able to see the kerb. As yet he has not given up driving because he thinks that it is… 
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