One-year retention of gait speed improvement in stroke survivors after treatment with a wearable home-use gait device.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gait impairments after stroke are associated with numerous physical and psychological consequences. Treatment with the iStride^® gait device has been shown to facilitate improvements to gait function, including gait speed, for chronic stroke survivors with hemiparesis. This study examines the long-term gait speed changes up to 12 months after treatment with the gait device.

Methods

Eighteen individuals at least one-year post-stroke completed a target of 12, 30-minute treatment sessions with the gait device in their home environment. Gait speed was measured at baseline and five follow-up sessions after the treatment period: one  week, one  month, three months, six months, and 12 months. Gait speed changes were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA from b

SUBMITTER: Darcy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808505 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature