Effects of robot assisted gait training in progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP): a preliminary report.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare neurodegenerative disease clinically characterized by prominent axial extrapyramidal motor symptoms with frequent falls. Over the last years the introduction of robotic technologies to recover lower limb function has been greatly employed in the rehabilitative practice. This observational trial is aimed at investigating the changes in the main spatiotemporal following end-effector robot training in people with PSP.

Method

Pilot observational trial.

Participants

Five cognitively intact participants with PSP and gait disorders.

Interventions

Patients were submitted to a rehabilitative program of robot-assisted walking sessions for 45 min, 5 times a week for 4 weeks.

Main outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Sale P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4029018 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature