Ankle-targeted exosuit resistance increases paretic propulsion in people post-stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individualized, targeted, and intense training is the hallmark of successful gait rehabilitation in people post-stroke. Specifically, increasing use of the impaired ankle to increase propulsion during the stance phase of gait has been linked to higher walking speeds and symmetry. Conventional progressive resistance training is one method used for individualized and intense rehabilitation, but often fails to target paretic ankle plantarflexion during walking. Wearable assistive robots have successfully assisted ankle-specific mechanisms to increase paretic propulsion in people post-stroke, suggesting their potential to provide targeted resistance to increase propulsion, but this application remains underexamined in this population. This work investigates the effects of ta

SUBMITTER: Swaminathan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10314463 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature