Overground walking training with the i-Walker, a robotic servo-assistive device, enhances balance in patients with subacute stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Journal: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
Published Date: May 26, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Patients affected by mild stroke benefit more from physiological overground walking training than walking-like training performed in place using specific devices. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of overground robotic walking training performed with the servo-assistive robotic rollator (i-Walker) on walking, balance, gait stability and falls in a community setting in patients with mild subacute stroke.

Authors

  • Giovanni Morone
    Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy. g.morone@hsantalucia.it.
  • Roberta Annicchiarico
    Behavioural and Clinical Neurology Laboratory, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
  • Marco Iosa
    Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
  • Alessia Federici
    Behavioural and Clinical Neurology Laboratory, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
  • Stefano Paolucci
    Clinical Laboratory of Experimental Neurorehabilitation, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
  • Ulises Cortés
    Knowledge Engineering and Machine Learning Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), C/Jordi Girona 1-3, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain. ia@cs.upc.edu.
  • Carlo Caltagirone
    Behavioural and Clinical Neurology Laboratory, I.R.C.C.S, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.

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