An impairment-specific hip exoskeleton assistance for gait training in subjects with acquired brain injury: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT: This study was designed to investigate the feasibility and the potential effects on walking performance of a short gait training with a novel impairment-specific hip assistance (iHA) through a bilateral active pelvis orthosis (APO) in patients with acquired brain injury (ABI). Fourteen subjects capable of independent gait and exhibiting mild-to-moderate gait deficits, due to an ABI, were enrolled. Subjects presenting deficit in hip flexion and/or extension were included and divided into two groups based on the presence (group A, n = 6) or absence (group B, n = 8) of knee hyperextension during stance phase of walking. Two iHA-based profiles were developed for the groups. The protocol included two overground gait training sessions using APO, and two evaluation sessions, pre and post training

SUBMITTER: Livolsi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652374 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature