Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: A rehabilitation tool for functional balance using altered gravity and virtual reality | BioMed Central Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Research A rehabilitation tool for functional balance using altered gravity and virtual reality Lars IE Oddsson 1 2 Robin Karlsson2 Janusz Konrad3 Serdar Ince3 Steve R Williams4 and Erika Zemkova2 5 Open Access Address 1Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute Sister Kenny Research Center 12101 800 E. 28th St. Minneapolis MN 55407 USA 2NeuroMuscular Research Center Boston University 19 Deerfield Street Boston MA 02215 USA 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Boston University 8 St Mary s Street Boston MA 02215 USA 4Department of Rehabilitation Boston Medical Center One Boston Medical Center Place Boston MA 02118 USA and 5Department of Sports Medicine Institute of Sport Sciences Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Comenius University Bratislava Slovakia Email Lars IE Oddsson - Robin Karlsson - karlsson@ Janusz Konrad - jkonrad@ Serdar Ince - ince@ Steve R Williams - Erika Zemkova - zemkova@ Corresponding author Published 10 July 2007 Received 16 January 2007 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2007 4 25 doi 1743-0003-4-25 Accepted 10 July 2007 This article is available from http content 4 1 25 2007 Oddsson et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background There is a need for effective and early functional rehabilitation of patients with gait and balance problems including those with spinal cord injury neurological diseases and recovering from hip fractures a common consequence of falls especially in the elderly population. Gait training in these patients using partial body weight support BWS on a treadmill a .
