Efficacy of Robotic-Assisted Gait Training in sub-acute stroke patients: An Italian bi-centre study

Introduction: Over the last years, the introduction of robotic technologies in gait rehabilitation of stroke patients has had a greatest interest. Some studies have been conducted to assess the effects of robot-assisted training compared to gait conventional rehabilitation in sub-acute stroke patients. The main results were obtained in studies that used robotic exoskeletons or treadmill training with partial body weight support and only few papers used end-effector device [1]. To date, there are very few studies that have used gait analysis to show improvements in gait parameters after gait rehabilitation in sub-acute stroke patients [2].

Source: Gait and Posture - October 1, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: C. Iacovelli, M. Franceschini, A. Cruciani, C. Simbolotti, M. Goffredo, C. Pecchioli, L. Padua, D. Galafate, S. Pournajaf, I. Aprile Source Type: research