Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 482-489 , April 2006

Oxygen Consumption During Machine-Assisted and Unassisted Walking: A Pilot Study in Hemiplegic and Healthy Humans

  • Delphine David, BSc(PT)

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rehabilitation and Physiology-Functional Testing, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France
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  • Jean-Philippe Regnaux, BSc(PT)

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rehabilitation and Physiology-Functional Testing, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France
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  • Michèle Lejaille, AAS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rehabilitation and Physiology-Functional Testing, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France
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  • Alain Louis, AAS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rehabilitation and Physiology-Functional Testing, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France
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  • Bernard Bussel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rehabilitation and Physiology-Functional Testing, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France
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  • Frédéric Lofaso, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Rehabilitation and Physiology-Functional Testing, Raymond Poincaré Teaching Hospital, AP-HP, Garches, France
    • INSERM Research Unit 492, Créteil, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Frédéric Lofaso, MD, PhD, Service de Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France. Reprints are not available from the author.

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 Supported by the Garches Foundation.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)01496-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.11.034

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 482-489 , April 2006

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