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1. A Combined Robotic and Cognitive Training for Locomotor Rehabilitation: Evidences of Cerebral Functional Reorganization in Two Chronic Traumatic Brain Injured Patients
2. A Comparison of Customised and Prefabricated Insoles to Reduce Risk Factors for Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulceration: A Participant-Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial
3. A Method to Measure the Accuracy of Loads in Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses Using Convential Gait Analysis, Applied to Persons With Poliomyelitis
4. A New Modification of KAFO for Assistance in Knee Extension
5. A Pneumatic Power-Harvesting Ankle-Foot Orthosis to Prevent Foot-Drop
6. A Pneumatically Powered Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis (KAFO) With Myoelectric Activation and Inhibition
7. A Portable Powered Ankle-Foot Orthosis for Rehabilitation
8. A Powered Lower Limb Orthosis for Providing Legged Mobility in Paraplegic Individuals
9. A Powerful Step Forward
10. A Practical Strategy for sEMG Based Knee Joint Moment Estimation During Gait and Its Validation in Individuals With Cerebral Palsy
11. A Prediction Model for Determining Over Ground Walking Speed After Locomotor Training in Persons With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
12. A Randomized Trial to Investigate the Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation and Therapeutic Exercise on Walking Performance for People With Multiple Sclerosis
13. A Retrospective Study of Standing Gastrocnemius-Soleus Stretching Versus Night Splinting in the Treatment of Plantar Fasciitis
14. A Treatment Applying a Biomechanical Device to the Feet of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis Results in Reduced Pain and Improved Function: A Prospective Controlled Study
15. A Twisted Ankle Isn't Just a Simple Sprain
16. Active Robotic Training Improves Locomotor Function in a Stroke Survivor
17. Adaptor for Exercise Bicycle Pedal
18. Altering Gait by Way of Stimulation of the Plantar Surface of the Foot: The Immediate Effect of Wearing Textured Insoles in Older Fallers
19. Ambulation in Children and Youth with Spinal Cord Injuries
20. Ambulatory Function and Perception of Confidence in Persons With Stroke With a Custom-Made Hinged Versus a Standard Ankle Foot Orthosis
21. Ankle Foot Orthosis Selection to Facilitate Gait Recovery in Adults After Stroke: A Case Series
22. Ankle Stabilizer
23. Ankle Training With a Robotic Device Improves Hemiparetic Gait After a Stroke
24. Ankle-Foot Orthotic Management in Neuromuscular Disorders: Recommendations for Future Research
25. Ankle-Pain Relief
26. Applicability of a New Robotic Walking Aid in a Patient With Cerebral Palsy: Case Report
27. Assistive Walking Devices in Nonambulant Patients Undergoing Rehabilitation After Stroke: The Effects on Functional Mobility, Walking Impairments, and Patients' Opinion
28. Association Between Reliance on Devices and People for Walking and Ability to Walk Community Distances Among Persons With Spinal Cord Injury
29. Back on My Feet
30. Balance and Walking Involvement in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy: A Pilot Study on The Effects of Custom Lower Limb Orthoses
31. Barriers Limiting the Geriatric Client From Accessing Orthotic Care
32. Berkeley Bionics’ Newest Exoskeleton Lets Wheelchair Users Walk
33. Bionic Legs May Help Ex-Basketball Player Walk Again
34. Boomers Will Soon Hit Their Stumbling Prime
35. Brace Advances Clubfoot Treatment
36. Bracing vs Tape: A Comparison of Ankle Bracing and Taping in Their Efficacy for Treating Sports-Induced Ankle Injuries
37. Changes in Multi-Segment Foot Biomechanics With a Heat-Mouldable Semi-Custom Foot Orthotic Device
38. Children's Perceptions of Their Use of Assistive Devices in Home and School Settings
39. Close Look at Orthotics Raises a Welter of Doubts
40. Combined Effects of a Valgus Knee Brace and Lateral Wedge Foot Orthotic on the External Knee Adduction Moment in Patients With Varus Gonarthrosis
41. Compact and Portable Digitally Controlled Device for Testing Footwear Materials: Technical Note
42. Comparison of Gait Analysis Between Anterior and Posterior Ankle Foot Orthosis in Hemiplegic Patients
43. Comparison of Silicone and Posterior Leaf Spring Ankle-Foot Orthoses in a Subject With Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder
44. Compensating Weakness of the Quadriceps Muscles Due to Poliomyelitis Using a Custom-Made Orthopedic Shoe
45. Computer-Aided Design of Customized Foot Orthoses: Reproducibility and Effect of Method Used to Obtain Foot Shape
46. Current Evidence and Clinical Applications of Therapeutic Knee Braces
47. Demographic and Clinical Variation in Veterans Health Administration Provision of Assistive Technology Devices to Veterans Poststroke
48. Design of Human-Machine Interface and Altering of Pelvic Obliquity With RGR Trainer
49. Design of the Wearable Power-Assist Locomotor (WPAL) for Paraplegic Gait Reconstruction
50. Development of Hybrid Orthosis for Standing, Walking, and Stair Climbing After Spinal Cord Injury
51. Do Ankle Orthoses Improve Ankle Proprioceptive Thresholds or Unipedal Balance in Older Persons With Peripheral Neuropathy?
52. Dual Action Knee Strap
53. Eccentric Exercises for the Management of Tendinopathy of the Main Body of the Achilles Tendon With or Without the AirHeel Brace. A Randomized Controlled Trial. A: Effects on Pain and Microcirculation
54. Effect of Ankle-Foot Orthosis Alignment and Foot-Plate Length on the Gait of Adults With Poststroke Hemiplegia
55. Effect of Mobility Devices on Orientation Sensors That Contain Magnetometers
56. Effect of Orthoses on Postural Stability in Asymptomatic Subjects With Rearfoot Malalignment During a 6-week Acclimation Period
57. Effect of Peroneal Electrical Stimulation Versus an Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Obstacle Avoidance Ability in People With Stroke-Related Foot Drop
58. Effect of Robotic Locomotor Training in an Individual With Parkinson’s Disease: A Case Report
59. Effect of Three Styles of Custom Ankle Foot Orthoses on the Gait of Stroke Patients While Walking on Level and Inclined Surfaces
60. Effectiveness of Adjustable Dorsiflexion Night Splint in Combination With Accommodative Foot Orthosis on Plantar Fasciitis
61. Effectiveness of Prefabricated and Customized Foot Orthoses Made From Low-Cost Foam for Noncomplicated Plantar Fasciitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
62. Effectiveness of Removable Walker Cast Versus Nonremovable Fiberglass Off-Bearing Cast in the Healing of Diabetic Plantar Foot Ulcer: A Randomized Controlled Trial
63. Effectiveness of Robot Assisted Therapy on Ankle Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review
64. Effects of an Anterior Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Postural Stability in Stroke Patients With Hemiplegia
65. Effects of an Implantable Two-Channel Peroneal Nerve Stimulator Versus Conventional Walking Device on Spatiotemporal Parameters and Kinematics of Hemiparetic Gait
66. Effects of Vibrating Insoles on Standing Balance in Diabetic Neuropathy
67. Efficacy and Safety of a Hip Flexion Assist Orthosis in Ambulatory Multiple Sclerosis Patients
68. Efficacy of a Hip Flexion Assist Orthosis in Adults With Hemiparesis After Stroke
69. Efficacy of a Hybrid Assistive Limb in Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Patients: A Preliminary Report
70. Electrical Stimulation Technology Improves Walking in Stroke Patients
71. Embracing Additive Manufacture: Implications for Foot and Ankle Orthosis Design
72. Energy Cost of the Case Western Reserve Standing Neuroprosthesis
73. Engineering Design Review of Stance-Control Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses
74. Evaluation of the Pressure Relief Ankle Foot Orthosis in Individuals with Hemiparesis Using Three-Dimensional Gait Analysis
75. Exoskeleton Technology Helps Paraplegic Student Walk Again
76. Factors Predicting the Outcome of Customised Foot Orthoses in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Cohort Study
77. Feasibility and Effects of Patient-Cooperative Robot-Aided Gait Training Applied in a 4-Week Pilot Trial
78. Feasibility of Combining Gait Robot and Multichannel Functional Electrical Stimulation With Intramuscular Electrodes
79. Feasibility Study for a Controllable Orthotic Knee Joint
80. First Mind Controlled Robotic Leg Put Through Its Paces
81. From Science Fiction to Reality: Exoskeletons
82. Functional Comparison of Solid and Articulated AFOs During Walking and Running in Children With Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy
83. Functional Effect of an Ankle Foot Orthosis on Gait in Multiple Sclerosis
84. Gait and Balance Performance Improvements Attributable to Ankle-Foot Orthosis in Subjects with Hemiparesis
85. Good Shepherd Offers “Bionic” Leg Technology
86. Good Shepherd Rehab to Participate in eLEGS Investigational Trials
87. His Robot Legs May Lift People From Wheelchairs
88. Honda Steps Toward Innovative Mobility
89. Honda’s Prototype Walking Assist Devices to Go on Show in the US
90. How Biomechatronics Works
91. I Think, Therefore I Move – ‘Brain Cap’ Turns Thought Into Motion
92. Immediate Effect of Lateral-Wedged Insole on Stance and Ambulation After Stroke
93. Improved Ankle and Knee Control With a Dual-Channel Functional Electrical Stimulation System in Chronic Hemiplegia: A Case Report
94. Influence of Foot Orthoses on Plantar Pressures, Foot Pain and Walking Ability of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients - A Randomised Controlled Study
95. Innovative Neurotronics, a Subsidiary of Hanger Orthopedic Group, Earns the 2007 da Vinci Award for the WalkAide System
96. Invariant Hip Moment Pattern While Walking With a Robotic Hip Exoskeleton
97. Investigations of Roll-Over Shape: Implications for Design, Alignment, and Evaluation of Ankle-Foot Prostheses and Orthoses
98. Is It Important to Position Foot in Subtalar Joint Neutral Position During Non-Weight-Bearing Molding for Foot Orthoses?
99. Is Transcutaneous Peroneal Stimulation Beneficial to Patients With Chronic Stroke Using an Ankle-Foot Orthosis? A Within-Subjects Study of Patients’ Satisfaction, Walking Speed and Physical Activity Level
100. Kickstart Mechanical Orthosis Puts a Spring in Your Step, No Batteries Required
101. Kinematic Features of Rear-Foot Motion Using Anterior and Posterior Ankle-Foot Orthoses in Stroke Patients With Hemiplegic Gait
102. Kinematic, Muscular, and Metabolic Responses During Exoskeletal-, Elliptical-, or Therapist-Assisted Stepping in People With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
103. Knee Extension Device
104. L300 Plus Thigh Cuff Improves Control Over Knee Flexion
105. Long-Term Effect of an Anterior Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Functional Walking Ability of Chronic Stroke Patients
106. Long-Term Therapeutic and Orthotic Effects of a Foot Drop Stimulator on Walking Performance in Progressive and Nonprogressive Neurological Disorders
107. Low Profile Orthotic Controls Pediatric Pronation
108. Making Things Possible
109. Manually Controlled Hip Orthosis
110. Meet Toyota’s Robotic Nurses
111. Mindwalker Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton Could Help the Disabled Walk Again
112. MIT Develops a Suit That Makes You Feel Like You’re` 75 Years Old
113. Motion Controlled Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe for Rehabilitation
114. NASA Developing Exoskeleton for Astronauts and the Earthbound
115. New Breed of Robotics Aims to Help People Walk Again
116. No More Crutches? Flex Leg Provides Mobility Assistance
117. OrthoCor Medical: Trying to Get a Leg Up
118. Orthosis May Improve Gait for SCI Patients
119. Orthotics Overview
120. Paraplegic Amputee Walks Again Thanks to Artificial Brace
121. Predictors of Adherence to a Multifaceted Podiatry Intervention for the Prevention of Falls in Older People
122. Preliminary Evaluation of a Powered Lower Limb Orthosis to Aid Walking in Paraplegic Individuals
123. Preliminary Findings for a Study of the Dynamics of RGO Gait
124. Preswing Knee Flexion Assistance Is Coupled With Hip Abduction in People With Stiff-Knee Gait After Stroke
125. Prospective, Blinded, Randomized Crossover Study of Gait Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients Using the Lokomat Gait Orthosis
126. Psychological State Estimation From Physiological Recordings During Robot-Assisted Gait Rehabilitation
127. Reciprocating Gait Orthosis
128. Reliability of Capturing Foot Parameters Using Digital Scanning and the Neutral Suspension Casting Technique
129. ReWalk Robotic Exoskeleton to Go on Sale in 2011
130. REX Robotic Exoskeleton Gets Wheelchair Users Back on Their Feet
131. Robot Assisted Walking vs Overground Walking in Stroke Patients: An Evaluation of Muscle Activity
132. Robotic Assisted Step Training (Lokomat) Not Superior to Equal Intensity of Over-Ground Rehabilitation in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
133. Robotic CORBYS Platform Uses Patient Feedback to Help Stroke Victims Walk Again
134. Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Disabled Regain Limb Function
135. Robotic Legs a Step in the Right Direction
136. Robotic Suit Helps Paralyzed Walk
137. Safety and Tolerance of the ReWalk Exoskeleton Suit for Ambulation by People With Complete Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study
138. Selection of Optimal Muscle Set for 16-Channel Standing Neuroprosthesis
139. Selective Control of Gait Subtasks in Robotic Gait Training: Foot Clearance Support in Stroke Survivors With a Powered Exoskeleton
140. Sensor Based Stance Control With Orthosis and Functional Neuromuscular Stimulation for Walking After Spinal Cord Injury
141. Shoe Insert to Prevent and Treat Idiopathic Toe Walking
142. Short-Term Ankle Motor Performance With Ankle Robotics Training in Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke
143. Short-Term Effects of a Dedicated Knee Orthosis on Knee Adduction Moment, Pain, and Function in Patients With Osteoarthritis
144. Single Case Study: Traditional Thermoplastic AFO Versus Adjustable Dynamic Response -- A Crossover Single-Case Study
145. Smart Shoe: An Electronic Insole Catches Imbalance Early
146. Stance Control Knee Mechanism for Lower Limb Support in Hybrid Neuroprosthesis
147. Stance-Control Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses
148. Sustainability of Motor Performance After Robotic-Assisted Treadmill Therapy in Children: An Open Non Randomized Baseline Treatment Study
149. Swing Phase Resistance Enhances Flexor Muscle Activity During Treadmill Locomotion in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
150. Tactile Feedback Pressure Sensor Walking Device
151. Techniques to Measure Rigidity of Ankle-Foot Orthosis: A Review
152. Technology Watch
153. The Best Brace for the Case
154. The Development and Use of a Floating T-Strap on a Double Upright Metal AFO to Correct Coronal-Plane Pathologies and Reduce Skin Shear
155. The Effect of Fixed Ankle Foot Orthoses in Children With Cerebral Palsy
156. The Effect of Taping Versus Semi-Rigid Bracing on Patient Outcome and Satisfaction in Ankle Sprains: A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial
157. The Effect of Three Different Toe Props on Plantar Pressure and Patient Comfort
158. The Effects of a Dorsiflexion-Stopped Ankle-Foot Orthosis on Walking in Individuals with Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
159. The Effects of a Shank Guide on Cycling Biomechanics of an Adolescent With Cerebral Palsy: A Single-Case Study
160. The Effects of the Norsk Funktion-Walking Orthosis on the Walking Ability of Children With Cerebral Palsy and Severe Gait Impairment
161. The Knee Nook
162. The Live Well Collaborative: A New Model for Universities and Companies to Work Together to Meet the Needs of 50+ Consumers
163. The ReWalk Powered Exoskeleton to Restore Ambulatory Function to Individuals With Thoracic-Level Motor-Complete Spinal Cord Injury
164. To Lock or Unlock? That Is the Question
165. Unlockable Knee Joint Mechanism for Powered Gait Orthosis
166. Use of Assistive Technology Devices in Mainstream Schools: Students’ Perspective
167. Use of Orthoses and Orthopaedic Technical Devices in Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Results of Survey in 194 SMA Patients
168. Use of the Robot Assisted Gait Therapy in Rehabilitation of Patients With Stroke and Spinal Cord Injury
169. Validity Evidence for a Modified Version of the Orthotics and Prosthetics Users' Survey
170. Vanderbilt University Steps Into the Exoskeleton Market
171. Virtual Reality for Enhancement of Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Children With Neurological Gait Disorders
172. Walking Mechanics of Persons Who Use Reciprocating Gait Orthoses
173. Walking Skeletons
174. Wearing a Neoprene Sleeve is Equal to Wearing a Knee Brace During Recovery From ACL Surgery
175. Will My Child Benefit From Using Braces? Insights on a Challenging Issue