Best facilitated cortical activation during different stepping, treadmill, and robot-assisted walking training paradigms and speeds: A functional near-infrared spectroscopy neuroimaging study.

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted and treadmill-gait training are promising neurorehabilitation techniques, with advantages over conventional gait training, but the neural substrates underpinning locomotor control remain unknown particularly during different gait training modes and speeds.

Authors

  • Ha Yeon Kim
    Translational Research Center for Rehabilitation Robots, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Sung Phil Yang
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Gyu Lee Park
    Translational Research Center for Rehabilitation Robots, National Rehabilitation Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  • Eun Joo Kim
  • Joshua Sung Hyun You
    Movement Healing Laboratory, Department of Physical Therapy, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Wonju, Republic of Korea.