Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 199-204 , June 2010

Effects of robot-driven gait orthosis treadmill training on the autonomic response in rehabilitation-responsive stroke and cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients

  • Valentina Magagnin

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    • IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi, 4, I20161 Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 6621 4939; fax: +39 02 6621 4800.
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  • Ivano Bo

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi, 4, I20161 Milan, Italy
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  • Maurizio Turiel

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Tecnologie per la Salute, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
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  • Maurizio Fornari

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Via R. Galeazzi, 4, I20161 Milan, Italy
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  • Enrico G. Caiani

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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  • Alberto Porta

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Tecnologie per la Salute, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy

Received 28 October 2009 ,Revised 1 March 2010 ,Accepted 17 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.04.010

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 199-204 , June 2010

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