Stabilization Strategies for Fast Walking in Challenging Environments With Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT: Gait rehabilitation following incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) often aims to enhance speed and stability. Concurrently increasing both may be difficult though as certain stabilization strategies will be compromised at faster speeds. To evaluate the interaction between speed and lateral stability, we examined individuals with (n = 12) and without (n = 12) iSCI as they performed straight walking and lateral maneuvers at Preferred and Fast treadmill speeds. To better detect the effects of speed on stability, we challenged lateral stability with a movement amplification force field. The Amplification field, created by a cable-driven robot, applied lateral forces to the pelvis that were proportional to the real-time lateral center of mass (COM) velocity. While we expected indi

SUBMITTER: Cornwell T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9397923 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature