Feasibility and Effects of a Gait Assistance and Gait Resistance Training Program Using a Walking-Assist Wearable Robot for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Single-Group, Pre-, and Posttest Study.

Journal: JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Published Date: May 26, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Two-thirds of people aged 65 years and older may require help with daily activities such as eating, bathing, and getting in and out of bed or a chair. Walking-assist wearable robots have shown significant improvements in physical function in controlled settings for patients.

Authors

Eunhee Cho

Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sinwoo Hwang

Hamilton Glaucoma Center, and Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92039, USA.
Seok-Jae Heo

Department of Biostatistics and Computing, Yonsei University Graduate School, Seoul 03722, Korea. lbthinking91@gmail.com.
Bokman Lim

WIRobotics, Yongin, 16942, Republic of Korea.
Jewoo Lee
Younbaek Lee

WIRobotics Incorporation, Youngin, Republic of Korea.

Keywords

Aged Aged, 80 and over Feasibility Studies Female Gait Humans Independent Living Male Resistance Training Robotics Walking Wearable Electronic Devices

External Resources

View on PubMed Access via DOI PubMed (40418849)

Feasibility and Effects of a Gait Assistance and Gait Resistance Training Program Using a Walking-Assist Wearable Robot for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Single-Group, Pre-, and Posttest Study.

Abstract

Authors

Keywords

External Resources

Popular Topics

Recent Journals