Exoskeleton use in post-stroke gait rehabilitation: a qualitative study of the perspectives of persons post-stroke and physiotherapists.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wearable powered exoskeletons are a new and emerging technology developed to provide sensory-guided motorized lower limb assistance enabling intensive task specific locomotor training utilizing typical lower limb movement patterns for persons with gait impairments. To ensure that devices meet end-user needs it is important to understand and incorporate end-users perspectives, however research in this area is extremely limited in the post-stroke population. The purpose of this study was to explore in-depth, end-users perspectives, persons with stroke and physiotherapists, following a single-use session with a H2 exoskeleton.

Methods

We used a qualitative interpretive description approach utilizing semi-structured face to face interviews, with persons post-stroke an

SUBMITTER: Vaughan-Graham J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488039 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature