Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Kinematics and muscle activity of individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury during treadmill stepping with and without manual assistance | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Research Open Access Kinematics and muscle activity of individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury during treadmill stepping with and without manual assistance Antoinette Domingo 1 Gregory S Sawicki1 2 and Daniel P Ferris1 3 4 Address 1Division of Kinesiology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA 2Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA 3Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA and 4Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI USA Email Antoinette Domingo - adomingo@ Gregory S Sawicki - gsawicki@ Daniel P Ferris - ferrisdp@ Corresponding author Published 21 August 2007 Received 27 September 2006 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2007 4 32 doi 1743-0003-4-32 Accepted 21 August 2007 This article is available from http content 4 1 32 2007 Domingo et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Treadmill training with bodyweight support and manual assistance improves walking ability of patients with neurological injury. The purpose of this study was to determine how manual assistance changes muscle activation and kinematic patterns during treadmill training in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury. Methods We tested six volunteers with incomplete spinal cord injury and six volunteers with intact nervous systems. Subjects with spinal cord injury walked on a treadmill at six speeds m s with body weight support with and without manual assistance. Healthy subjects walked at the same speeds only with body weight support. We measured .
