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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… (More)

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2014
2014
Cerebellar manifestation of PML under fumarate and after efalizumab treatment of psoriasis
Fumaric acid, first applied topically in psoriasis, has also been used orally since the mid-1980s. A preparation of dimethyl… (More)
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2013
2013
A comprehensive multimodal pain treatment reduces opioid consumption after multilevel spine surgery
Major spine surgery with multilevel instrumentation is followed by large amount of opioid consumption, significant pain and… (More)
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2013
2013
Health related quality of life, reoperation rate and function in patients with diabetes mellitus and hip fracture--a 2 year follow-up study.
INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus confers an increased risk of hip fractures. There is a limited knowledge of how the outcome after… (More)
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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… (More)
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1997
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… (More)
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1997
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… (More)
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1997
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… (More)
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1997
1997
Medical decompression of vertebral hydatidosis.
STUDY DESIGN A case report from one of the longest follow-up studies of survivors with spinal hydatid disease. This patient was… (More)
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1997
1997
Evaluation of a training program for persons with SCI paraplegia using the Parastep 1 ambulation system: part 2. Effects on physiological responses to peak arm ergometry.
OBJECTIVE To examine the task-nonspecific effects of functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS)-assisted ambulation training on… (More)
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1993
1993
Walker user risk index. A method for quantifying stability in walker users.
A method for quantifying the stability of a patient using a walking frame is presented. Data collected from a walker-dependent… (More)
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