Exercise using a robotic knee orthosis in stroke patients with hemiplegia
| Autor: | Dai Kawakita, Takahisa Kotaki, Takuya Fujita, Chikara Aoki, Kikuko Ikeda, Shuhei Iida, Hirohumi Uematsu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Hemiplegia Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Post-intervention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Enhancement of recovery process medicine Stroke Rehabilitation business.industry Repeated measures design Robotics Knee Orthosis (RKO) medicine.disease Preferred walking speed Knee orthosis Berg Balance Scale Original Article 0305 other medical science Cadence business human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Physical Therapy Science |
| ISSN: | 2187-5626 0915-5287 |
| DOI: | 10.1589/jpts.29.1920 |
| Popis: | [Purpose] The Robotics Knee Orthosis (RKO) is a knee-ankle-foot orthosis with active robot assisting technology. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of exercise with the RKO (RKO-exercise) in stroke patients with hemiplegia. [Subjects and Methods] Participants were nine stroke patients with hemiplegia, residing in a convalescent rehabilitation ward. The duration of the RKO-exercise program was 10 days. Participants were evaluated three times prior to intervention, once after intervention, and one month post intervention. Each session consisted of standard-of-care physical therapy for 60 minutes and RKO-exercise for 20 minutes. Dependent variables were 10-meter gait speed, cadence, Berg Balance Scale (BBS) score, stride length, the absolute value of left-right symmetry of the step length, and one-leg support period while walking. Data were analyzed using a one-way repeated measures ANOVA. [Results] Stride length, left-right symmetry of the step length, and one-leg support period while walking changed following the RKO exercise program. 10-meter walking speed, cadence, percentage of one-leg support period (affected side), and BBS changed significantly at one month post treatment time points. [Conclusion] It is expected that RKO-exercise helps recovery process after the stroke. RKO-exercise effectively treats impaired mobility in patient status-post stroke. |
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