Physiological responses and perceived exertion during robot-assisted treadmill walking in non-ambulatory stroke survivors.

Conclusions: The assistance level that non-ambulatory stroke survivors require at their highest tolerable walking speed seems too high to sufficiently stress the cardiorespiratory system during robot-assisted treadmill walking. Implications for rehabilitation The exercise intensity of 20-minute conventional robot-assisted treadmill walking can be low, and might be too low to challenge the cardiorespiratory system of non-ambulatory stroke survivors. Lowering the level of robotic assistance from 100% to 60% does not seem to increase the exercise intensity of 20-minute robot-assisted treadmill walking. PMID: 31588811 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - October 6, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Lefeber N, De Keersmaecker E, Henderix S, Michielsen M, Tamburella F, Tagliamonte NL, Molinari M, de Geus B, Kerckhofs E, Swinnen E Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research