Gait training using a wearable robotic hip device for incomplete spinal cord injury: A preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Context/objective

To explore changes in gait functions for patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) before and after standard rehabilitation and rehabilitation with a wearable hip device, explore the utility of robot-assisted gait training (RAGT), and evaluate the safety and dose of RAGT.

Design

Single-arm, open-label, observational study.

Setting

A rehabilitation hospital.

Participants

Twelve patients with SCI.

Interventions

Standard rehabilitation after admission in the first phase. RAGT for two weeks in the second phase.

Outcome measures

Self-selected walking speed (SWS), step length, cadence, and the 6-minute walking distance were the primary outcomes. Walking Index for SCI score, lower extremity motor score, and spasticity were measured

SUBMITTER: Yoshikawa K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11864017 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature