A Novel Method for Locomotion Training
作者:
Amir Seif-Naraghi,
Richard Herman,
期刊:
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
(OVID Available online 1999)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 2
页码: 146-162
ISSN:0885-9701
年代: 1999
出版商: OVID
关键词: body weight support;central pattern generator;cerebral palsy;cerebrovascular accident;gait training;partial weight bearing;sensory stimulation;spinal cord injury;traumatic brain injury;treadmill training
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
This article describes a novel therapeutic system for locomotion training and learning for patients with a wide range of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders. The technique embraces the notion that locomotion therapy should be goal oriented and task specific. The task specificity includes a partial weight-bearing device that permits the posture/equilibrium, movement, and weight-bearing components of gait function to operate concurrently, even in patients with serious deficits. In addition, it allows interaction with therapists and others to facilitate locomotion control, particularly during the early stages of gait therapy. Neurobiological bases for this technique and early clinical results are discussed, and two case studies of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are presented. Although well-designed efficacy studies are needed, clearly this therapeutic approach to locomotor disorders among TBI patients meets the various criteria for recovery of gait function established in this article.
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