Implementation of a unilateral hip flexion exosuit to aid paretic limb advancement during inpatient gait retraining for individuals post-stroke: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During inpatient rehabilitation, physical therapists (PTs) often need to manually advance patients' limbs, adding physical burden to PTs and impacting gait retraining quality. Different electromechanical devices alleviate this burden by assisting a patient's limb advancement and supporting their body weight. However, they are less ideal for neuromuscular engagement when patients no longer need body weight support but continue to require assistance with limb advancement as they recover. The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of using a hip flexion exosuit to aid paretic limb advancement during inpatient rehabilitation post-stroke.

Methods

Fourteen individuals post-stroke received three to seven 1-hour walking sessions with the exosuit over one

SUBMITTER: Chang CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11256417 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature