Feasibility of Rehabilitation Training With a Newly Developed, Portable, Gait Assistive Robot for Balance Function in Hemiplegic Patients
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 178-187, 2017.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the clinical feasibility of a newly developed, portable, gait assistive robot (WA-H, ‘walking assist for hemiplegia’) for improving the balance function of patients with stroke-induced hemiplegia.METHODS:
Thirteen patients underwent 12 weeks of gait training on the treadmill while wearing WA-H for 30 minutes per day, 4 days a week. Patients' balance function was evaluated by the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale (FMAS), Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), and Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) before and after 6 and 12 weeks of training.RESULTS:
There were no serious complications or clinical difficulties during gait training with WA-H. In three categories of BBS, TUGT, and the balance scale of SPPB, there was a statistically significant improvement at the 6th week and 12th week of gait training with WA-H. In the subscale of balance function of FMAS, there was statistically significant improvement only at the 12th week.CONCLUSION:
Gait training using WA-H demonstrated a beneficial effect on balance function in patients with hemiplegia without a safety issue.
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Main subject:
Rehabilitation
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Robotics
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Stroke
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Gait
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Hemiplegia
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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