Design and evaluation of an independent 4-week, exosuit-assisted, post-stroke community walking program.

ABSTRACT: Chronic impairment in the paretic ankle following stroke often requires that individuals use compensatory patterns such as asymmetric propulsion to achieve effective walking speeds needed for community engagement. Ankle exosuit assistance can provide ankle biomechanical benefit in the lab, but such environments inherently limit the amount of practice available. Community walking studies without exosuits can provide massed practice and benefit walking speed but are limited in their ability to assist proper mechanics. In this study, we combined the positive aspects of community training with those of exosuit assistance. We developed and evaluated a community Robotic Exosuit Augmented Locomotion (cREAL) program. Four participants in the chronic stage of stroke independently used our community

SUBMITTER: Nuckols RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606590 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature