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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… Expand
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2013
2013
The French Pompe registry. Baseline characteristics of a cohort of 126 patients with adult Pompe disease.
Pompe disease is a rare autosomal recessive muscle lysosomal glycogenosis, characterised by limb-girdle muscle weakness and… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
The Early and Delayed Analgesic Effects of Ketamine After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Study
BACKGROUND: Ketamine has been shown to have a morphine-sparing effect soon after surgery. Nevertheless, whether this effect still… Expand
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Evaluation of a training program for persons with SCI paraplegia using the Parastep 1 ambulation system: part 3. Lack of effect on bone mineral density.
OBJECTIVE To determine if the bone mineral density loss seen after spinal cord injury (SCI) is reversed by a walking program… Expand
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.
OBJECTIVE To describe performance parameters and effects on anthropometric measures in spinal cord injured subjects training with… Expand
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Evaluation of a training program for persons with SCI paraplegia using the Parastep 1 ambulation system: part 4. Effect on physical self-concept and depression.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) paraplegia who participated in an electrical stimulation… Expand
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… Expand
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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… Expand
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1993
1993
System for routine assessment of walker-assisted gait.
Strain gauges were built into the legs of a standard aluminium walking frame to simultaneously record forces in three dimensions… Expand
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1993
1993
Kinematics of walking frame ambulation.
  • J. Crosbie
  • Clinical biomechanics
  • 1993
    • Corpus ID: 1578559
UNLABELLED Gait rehabilitation following lower limb trauma often involves the use of a walking frame. A simple kinematic model… Expand
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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… Expand
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