Long-Term Performance and User Satisfaction With Implanted Neuroprostheses for Upright Mobility After Paraplegia: 2- to 14-Year Follow-Up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify the long-term (>2y) effects of lower extremity (LE) neuroprostheses (NPs) for standing, transfers, stepping, and seated stability after spinal cord injury.

Design

Single-subject design case series with participants acting as their own concurrent controls, including retrospective data review.

Setting

Hospital-based clinical biomechanics laboratory with experienced (>20y in the field) research biomedical engineers, a physical therapist, and medical monitoring review.

Participants

Long-term (6.2±2.7y) at-home users (N=22; 19 men, 3 women) of implanted NPs for trunk and LE function with chronic (14.4±7.1y) spinal cord injury resulting in full or partial paralysis.

Interventions

Technical and clinical performance measurements, along with

SUBMITTER: Triolo RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805660 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature