Use of Robot-Assisted Ankle Training in a Patient with an Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Report
2.1. Participant
2.2. Intervention Used
2.3. Outcome Measurement
2.4. Outcome of the Intervention
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Koseki, K.; Takahashi, K.; Yamamoto, S.; Yoshikawa, K.; Abe, A.; Mutsuzaki, H. Use of Robot-Assisted Ankle Training in a Patient with an Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report. J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2023, 8, 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010031
Koseki K, Takahashi K, Yamamoto S, Yoshikawa K, Abe A, Mutsuzaki H. Use of Robot-Assisted Ankle Training in a Patient with an Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 2023; 8(1):31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010031
Chicago/Turabian StyleKoseki, Kazunori, Kazushi Takahashi, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Atsushi Abe, and Hirotaka Mutsuzaki. 2023. "Use of Robot-Assisted Ankle Training in a Patient with an Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report" Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 8, no. 1: 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010031