Facilitating Weight Shifting During Treadmill Training Improves Walking Function in Humans With Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine whether the integration of dynamic weight shifting into treadmill training would improve the efficacy of treadmill training in humans with spinal cord injury. DESIGN:Sixteen humans with spinal cord injury were randomly assigned to receive robotic or treadmill-only training and underwent 6 wks of training. A force was applied to the pelvis for facilitating weight shifting and to the legs for assisting with leg swing for participants in the robotic group. No assistance force was applied for participants in the treadmill-only group. Outcome measures consisted of overground walking speed, 6-min walking distance, and other clinical measures and were assessed before, after 6 wks of training, and 8 wks after the end of training. RESULTS:A greater im

SUBMITTER: Wu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051897 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature