Reshaping of Gait Coordination by Robotic Intervention in Myelopathy Patients After Surgery.

ABSTRACT: The Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) is an idiopathic degenerative spinal disease which may cause motor deficit. For patients presenting myelopathy or severe stenosis, surgical decompression is the treatment of choice; however, despite adequate decompression residual motor impairment is found in some cases. After surgery, there is no therapeutic approach available for this population. The Hybrid Assistive Limb® (HAL) robot suit is a unique powered exoskeleton designed to predict, support, and enhance the lower extremities performance of patients using their own bioelectric signals. This approach has been used for spinal cord injury and stroke patients where the walking performance improved. However, there is no available data about gait kinematics evaluation after

SUBMITTER: Puentes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5840280 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature