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Case Report

Hybrid Assistive Limb Functional Treatment for a Patient with Chronic Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

Yuichiro Soma1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Shigeki Kubota2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hideki Kadone3 Center for Innovating Medicine and Engineering (CIME), University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Yukiyo Shimizu1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Hiroshi Takahashi2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3497-4802View further author information
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Yasushi Hada1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Masao Koda2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Yoshiyuki Sankai4 Faculty of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Masashi Yamazaki2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JapanView further author information
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Pages 413-420 | Published online: 21 Jun 2021

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