Improved walking capacity after complementary ankle-foot surgery and gait training in a person with an incomplete tetraplegia; a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The population of people with a spinal cord injury (SCI) is changing to a diverse population with an increasing number of incomplete lesions. Often, these individuals have the capacity to walk, but experience disabling gait impairments.

Case presentation

The course of a 34-year-old male with a chronic incomplete traumatic cervical SCI who initially could walk no more than a few steps with supervision or a wheeled walker is described. He participated in a clinical trial with Targeted Epidural Spinal Stimulation (TESS). After this trial, he was able to walk with a wheeled walker and bilateral orthosis over a distance of 100 meters. Despite these improvements, his main complaints were (1) difficulty to correctly preposition the feet, and (2) pain in his toe and cal

SUBMITTER: van Nes IJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10300111 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature