Soft robotic exosuit augmented high intensity gait training on stroke survivors: a pilot study.

Journal: Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation
PMID: 35655180

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Stroke is a leading cause of serious gait impairments and restoring walking ability is a major goal of physical therapy interventions. Soft robotic exosuits are portable, lightweight, and unobtrusive assistive devices designed to improve the mobility of post-stroke individuals through facilitation of more natural paretic limb function during walking training. However, it is unknown whether long-term gait training using soft robotic exosuits will clinically impact gait function and quality of movement post-stroke.

Authors

  • Sung Yul Shin
    Max Nader Lab for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 355 E Erie St., Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Kristen Hohl
    Max Näder Center for Rehabilitation Technologies & Outcomes Research, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Matt Giffhorn
    Max Nader Lab for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, 355 E Erie St., Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
  • Louis N Awad
    Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
  • Conor J Walsh
    John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA. walsh@seas.harvard.edu.
  • Arun Jayaraman
    Max Nader Lab for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago, IL 60611 USA.

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