Specific Instructions Are Important: A Cross-sectional Study on Device Parameters and Instruction Types While Walking With a Robot in Children and Adolescents.

Journal: American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation

Published Date: Feb 29, 2024

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to evaluate how gait kinematics and muscle activity during robot-assisted gait training are affected by different combinations of parameter settings and a number of instruction types, ranging from no instructions to goal-specific instructions.

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Florian van Dellen

Sensory-Motor Systems Lab, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Tannenstrasse 1, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland. floriava@ethz.ch.
Tabea Aurich-Schuler
Carla Burkhardt
Rob Labruyère

Rehabilitation Center Affoltern am Albis, Children's University Hospital Zurich, Muehlebergstrasse 104, CH-8910, Affoltern am Albis, Switzerland.

Keywords

Adolescent Biomechanical Phenomena Child Cross-Sectional Studies Electromyography Exercise Therapy Female Gait Gait Disorders, Neurologic Humans Male Muscle, Skeletal Robotics Walking

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Specific Instructions Are Important: A Cross-sectional Study on Device Parameters and Instruction Types While Walking With a Robot in Children and Adolescents.

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