From the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DJR, JEB), Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology (DJR, SCC), Department of Biomedical Engineering (DJR), Department of Neurology (SCC), and Department of Rehabilitation (VC, CC), University of California at Irvine; and Department of Mechanical Engineering (ETW), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
All correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to: David J. Reinkensmeyer, PhD, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Irvine, 4200 Engineering Gateway, Irvine, CA 92697-3975.
This report summarizes work supported by the National Center for Research Resources M01RR00827 and under Federal Contract N01-HD-3-3352 by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and cofunded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The findings and conclusions in the report are those of the authors and do necessarily represent the views of NICHD, NIBIB, or NCRR.
David Reinkensmeyer has a financial interest in Hocoma, AG, a company that makes robotic therapy devices. The terms of this arrangement have been reviewed and approved by the University of California, Irvine, in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.
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