Letter to the editor regarding "Clinical effectiveness and safety of powered exoskeleton-assisted walking in patients with spinal cord injury: systematic review with meta-analysis"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University, Detroit.
² Shiffman Medical Library, Wayne State University, Detroit.
³ Physical Therapy Program, Wayne State University, Detroit.
⁴ Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.

Comment

Marcel P Dijkers et al. Med Devices (Auckl). 2016.

. 2016 Nov 29:9:419-421.

doi: 10.2147/MDER.S125211. eCollection 2016.

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Wayne State University, Detroit.
² Shiffman Medical Library, Wayne State University, Detroit.
³ Physical Therapy Program, Wayne State University, Detroit.
⁴ Center for Spinal Cord Injury Recovery, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Detroit, MI, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this communication.

Clinical effectiveness and safety of powered exoskeleton-assisted walking in patients with spinal cord injury: systematic review with meta-analysis.
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