Spatiotemporal gait characteristic changes with gait training using the hybrid assistive limb for chronic stroke patients.

Journal: Gait & posture
Published Date: Jun 1, 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Robotic rehabilitation has been attracting attention as a means to carry out "intensive", "repetitive", "task-specific", gait training. The newly developed robotic device, the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL), is thought to have the possibility of having an excellent effect on gait speed improvement over the conventional automatic programed assist robot. The purpose of this study was to investigate the spatiotemporal characteristics related to gait speed improvement using the HAL in chronic stroke patients.

Authors

  • Hiroki Tanaka
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan. Electronic address: tanaka.hiroki.8w@kyoto-u.ac.jp.
  • Manabu Nankaku
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.
  • Toru Nishikawa
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.
  • Takuya Hosoe
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.
  • Honami Yonezawa
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.
  • Hiroki Mori
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.
  • Takayuki Kikuchi
    Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
  • Hidehisa Nishi
    Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
  • Yasushi Takagi
    Department of Neurosurgery, Tokushima University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
  • Susumu Miyamoto
    Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
  • Ryosuke Ikeguchi
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
  • Shuichi Matsuda
    Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.

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