The biomechanical design of a walking appliance for a paraplegic adult

Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology

|May 1, 1977

Abstract:

One of the major requirements of the medical consultant treating paraplegic patients is to have them upright for at least a few hours a day associated, if possible with some physical exercise. This paper deals with the construction and operation of an appliance which makes this possible.

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