Using Robot-Applied Resistance to Augment Body-Weight–Supported Treadmill Training in an Individual With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury | Zendy

Tania Lam | Zendy; Katherine Pauhl | Zendy; Andrei V. Krassioukov | Zendy; Janice J. Eng | Zendy

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Using Robot-Applied Resistance to Augment Body-Weight–Supported Treadmill Training in an Individual With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury

Author(s) -

Tania Lam,

Katherine Pauhl,

Andrei V. Krassioukov,

Janice J. Eng

Publication year - 2010

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.20100026

Subject(s) - physical medicine and rehabilitation , spinal cord injury , treadmill , gait , gait training , medicine , physical therapy , rehabilitation , spinal cord , psychiatry

The efficacy of task-specific gait training for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) is premised on evidence that the provision of gait-related afferent feedback is key for the recovery of stepping movements. Recent findings have shown that sensory feedback from flexor muscle afferents can facilitate flexor muscle activity during the swing phase of walking. This case report was undertaken to determine the feasibility of using robot-applied forces to resist leg movements during body-weight-supported treadmill training (BWSTT) and to measure its effect on gait and other health-related outcomes.

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