Metabolic Costs and Muscle Activity Patterns During Robotic- and Therapist-Assisted Treadmill Walking in Individuals With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury | Zendy

Jeffrey F Israel | Zendy; Donielle D. Campbell | Zendy; Jennifer H. Kahn | Zendy; T. George Hornby | Zendy

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Metabolic Costs and Muscle Activity Patterns During Robotic- and Therapist-Assisted Treadmill Walking in Individuals With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

Author(s) -

Jeffrey F Israel,

Donielle D. Campbell,

Jennifer H. Kahn,

T. George Hornby

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20050266

Subject(s) - physical medicine and rehabilitation , treadmill , spinal cord injury , trunk , electromyography , medicine , physical therapy , assistive device , psychology , spinal cord , ecology , psychiatry , biology

Robotic devices that provide passive guidance and stabilization of the legs and trunk during treadmill stepping may increase the delivery of locomotor training to subjects with neurological injury. Lower-extremity guidance also may reduce voluntary muscle activity as compared with compliant assistance provided by therapists. The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in metabolic costs and lower-limb muscle activity patterns during robotic- and therapist-assisted treadmill walking.

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