| Autor: |
Andrea L, Behrman, Anna R, Lawless-Dixon, Sandra B, Davis, Mark G, Bowden, Preeti, Nair, Chetan, Phadke, Elizabeth M, Hannold, Prudence, Plummer, Susan J, Harkema |
| Rok vydání: |
2005 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Physical therapy. 85(12) |
| ISSN: |
0031-9023 |
| Popis: |
The use of locomotor training with a body-weight-support system and treadmill (BWST) and manual assistance has increased in rehabilitation. The purpose of this case report is to describe the process for retraining walking in a person with an incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) using the BWST and transferring skills from the BWST to overground assessment and community ambulation.Following discharge from rehabilitation, a man with an incomplete SCI at C5-6 and an American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale classification of D participated in 45 sessions of locomotor training.Walking speed and independence improved from 0.19 m/s as a home ambulator using a rolling walker and a right ankle-foot orthosis to 1.01 m/s as a full-time ambulator using a cane only for community mobility. Walking activity (mean+/-SD) per 24 hours increased from 1,054+/-543 steps to 3,924+/-1,629 steps.In a person with an incomplete SCI, walking ability improved after locomotor training that used a decision-making algorithm and progression across training environments. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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