Use of Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL^®) for a postoperative patient with cerebral palsy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL^®) is an exoskeleton wearable robot suit that assists in voluntary control of knee and hip joint motion. There have been several studies on HAL intervention effects in stroke, spinal cord injury, and cerebral palsy. However, no study has investigated HAL intervention for patients with cerebral palsy after surgery.

Case presentation

We report a case of using HAL in a postoperative patient with cerebral palsy. A 15-year-old boy was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy Gross Motor Function Classification System level IV, with knee flection contracture, equinus foot, and paralysis of the right upper extremity with adduction contracture. He underwent tendon lengthening of the bilateral hamstrings and Achilles tendons.

SUBMITTER: Mataki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870205 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature