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Article: Locomotor training progression and outcomes after incomplete spinal cord injury.(Case Report)
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- Physical Therapy
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- December 1, 2005
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Since Barbeau and colleagues (1,2) first reported suspending a human over a treadmill to assess feasibility for walking retraining, clinicians have increasingly adopted the use of a body-weight-support (BWS) system in clinical practice. This approach came from observations by neuroscientists that complete midthoracic spinalized cats could be trained to step with their hindlimbs on a treadmill when trained intensely and repetitively using a suspended sling for trunk support and manual assistance for stepping. (3-5) Scientists attributed the stepping response to peripheral sensory input processed by the central nervous system. It was demonstrated that specific sensory input ...