Life sometimes provides unannounced challenges that threaten the structure of our existence. This personal account of an ob-gyn's encounter with paralysis will illustrate the impact of one such experience.
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July 2013
The goal of this study is to compare the effect of training by the University of Utah's Treadport versus a conventional treadmill on gait improvement of spinal-cord-injury (SCI) patients. Four incomplete SCI subjects who had reached a rehabilitation plateau were selected to have training first on the treadmill and then the Treadport. Spatiotemporal and gait parameters were utilized to make a comparison between the two training conditions.
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