The role of movement errors in modifying spatiotemporal gait asymmetry post stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Current rehabilitation to improve gait symmetry following stroke is based on one of two competing motor learning strategies: minimizing or augmenting symmetry errors. We sought to determine which of those motor learning strategies best improves overground spatiotemporal gait symmetry.

Design

Randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Rehabilitation research lab.

Subjects

In all, 47 participants (59 ± 12 years old) with chronic hemiparesis post stroke and spatiotemporal gait asymmetry were randomized to error augmentation, error minimization, or conventional treadmill training (control) groups.

Interventions

To augment or minimize asymmetry on a step-by-step basis, we developed a responsive, "closed-loop" control system, using a split-belt instrumente

SUBMITTER: Lewek MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5748372 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature