Robot-assisted gait training in patients with various neurological diseases: A mixed methods feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Walking impairment represents a relevant symptom in patients with neurological diseases often compromising social participation. Currently, mixed methods studies on robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) in patients with rare neurological diseases are lacking. This study aimed to explore the feasibility, acceptability, goal attainment and preliminary effects of RAGT in patients with common and rare neurological diseases and understand the intervention context and process.

Methods

A mixed-methods feasibility study was conducted at an Austrian rehabilitation centre. Twenty-eight inpatients after stroke in the subacute and chronic phases, with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, spinocerebellar ataxia, acute/chronic inflammatory demyelinating po

SUBMITTER: Hotz I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349200 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature