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Article: Computerized visual feedback: an adjunct to robotic-assisted gait training.(Research Report)
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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Restoration of walking is an important part of the rehabilitation process for patients with neurological disorders such as spinal cord injury, stroke, and traumatic brain injury. Locomotor training with partial body-weight support is a commonly used intervention to improve walking ability. (1-4) Because manually assisted treadmill training is strenuous work for the therapist and because reproducible gait patterns are difficult to induce, various mechanized devices have been developed to optimize gait training and to reduce the physical strain on the therapist. (5-8) Although positive effects of such devices on rehabilitation outcome have been demonstrated, (9-12) one of ...