Gait training with Hybrid Assistive Limb enhances the gait functions in subacute stroke patients: A pilot study.

Journal: NeuroRehabilitation
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The robotic Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) provides motion according to the wearer's voluntary activity. HAL training effects on walking speed and capacity have not been clarified in subacute stroke.

Authors

  • Kenichi Yoshikawa
    Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Hospital, Ami Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Masafumi Mizukami
    Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ami Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Hiroaki Kawamoto
    d Information and Systems, Faculty of Engineering , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba City , Japan.
  • Ayumu Sano
    Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Hospital, Ami Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Kazunori Koseki
    Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Hospital, Ami Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Kumiko Sano
    Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Hospital, Ami Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Yasutsugu Asakawa
    Department of Physical Therapy, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ami Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Yutaka Kohno
    Department of Neurology, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences Hospital, Ami Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Kei Nakai
    b Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba City , Japan.
  • Masahiko Gosho
    Department of Clinical Trial and Clinical Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan.
  • Hideo Tsurushima
    Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan.