Technological Advances in Interventions to Enhance Poststroke Gait - 17/04/13
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Neurologic rehabilitation interventions may be either therapeutic or compensatory. Included in this article are lower extremity functional electrical stimulation, body weight–supported treadmill training, and lower extremity robotic-assisted gait training. These poststroke gait training therapies are predicated on activity-dependent neuroplasticity. All three interventions have been trialed extensively in research and clinical settings to show a positive effect on various gait parameters and measures of walking performance. This article provides an overview of evidence-based research that supports the efficacy of these three interventions to improve gait, as well as providing perspective on future developments to enhance poststroke gait in neurologic rehabilitation.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : Gait, Hemiparesis, Motor relearning, Neuroplasticity
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This work was supported in part by grant K23HD060689 from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. |
Vol 24 - N° 2
P. 305-323 - Maggio 2013 Ritorno al numeroBenvenuto su EM|consulte, il riferimento dei professionisti della salute.
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