Effects of gait exercise assist robot (GEAR) on subjects with chronic stroke: A randomized controlled pilot trial.

Journal: Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate whether gait training using the Gait Exercise Assist Robot (GEAR) is more effective for improving gait ability than treadmill gait training in chronic stroke subjects.

Authors

  • Tomoyuki Ogino
    Department of Rehabilitation, Hyogo College of Medicine Sasayama Medical Center, Kurooka 5, Sasayama, Hyogo 669-2321, Japan. Electronic address: ogino0327@gmail.com.
  • Yoshihiro Kanata
    Department of Rehabilitation, Hyogo College of Medicine Sasayama Medical Center, Kurooka 5, Sasayama, Hyogo 669-2321, Japan. Electronic address: ym_kanata611@yahoo.co.jp.
  • Ryota Uegaki
    Department of Rehabilitation, Hyogo College of Medicine Sasayama Medical Center, Kurooka 5, Sasayama, Hyogo 669-2321, Japan. Electronic address: ri-uegaki@hyo-med.ac.jp.
  • Tatuya Yamaguchi
    Department of Rehabilitation, Hyogo College of Medicine Sasayama Medical Center, Kurooka 5, Sasayama, Hyogo 669-2321, Japan. Electronic address: tt-yamaguchi@hyo-med.ac.jp.
  • Katuhisa Morisaki
    Department of Rehabilitation, Hyogo College of Medicine Sasayama Medical Center, Kurooka 5, Sasayama, Hyogo 669-2321, Japan. Electronic address: kindai_lacrosse_8@yahoo.co.jp.
  • Shuhei Nakano
    Department of Rehabilitation, Hyogo College of Medicine Sasayama Medical Center, Kurooka 5, Sasayama, Hyogo 669-2321, Japan. Electronic address: stp.tig.6gd@gmail.com.
  • Kazuhisa Domen
    From the Department of Occupational Therapy, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan (K.T.); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (K.D.); Department of Rehabilitation, Kansai Rehabilitation Hospital, Osaka, Japan (T.S.); Department of Rehabilitation, Tokeidai Memorial Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan (M.T.); Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital, Chiba, Japan (Y.O.); Department of Neurology, Nagasaki Kita Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan (M.S.); Department of Neurology, Hakujuji Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan (K.I.); Department of Rehabilitation, Kitakyushu Yahatahigashi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan (B.H.); Department of Rehabilitation, The Hospital of Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan (T.T.); and Moji Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan (K.H.).