Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Pilot study of Lokomat versus manual-assisted treadmill training for locomotor recovery post-stroke | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Zentral Research Open Access Pilot study of Lokomat versus manual-assisted treadmill training for locomotor recovery post-stroke Kelly P Westlake1 and Carolynn Patten 2 3 Address department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging University of California San Francisco California USA 2Brain Rehabilitation Research Center Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center Gainesville Florida USA and department of Physical Therapy University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA E-mail Kelly P Westlake - kpwestlake@ Carolynn Patten - patten@ Corresponding author Published 12 June 2009 Received 4 December 2008 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2009 6 18 doi 1743-0003-6-18 Accepted 12 June 2009 This article is available from http content 6 l l8 2009 Westlake and Patten 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 While manually-assisted body-weight supported treadmill training BWSTT has revealed improved locomotor function in persons with post-stroke hemiparesis outcomes are inconsistent and it is very labor intensive. Thus an alternate treatment approach is desirable. Objectives of this pilot study were to l compare the efficacy of body-weight supported treadmill training BWSTT combined with the Lokomat robotic gait orthosis versus manually-assisted BWSTT for locomotor training post-stroke and 2 assess effects of fast versus slow treadmill training speed. Methods Sixteen volunteers with chronic hemiparetic gait m s post-stroke were randomly allocated to Lokomat n 8 or manual-BWSTT n 8 3x wk for 4 weeks. Groups were also stratified by fast mean m s or slow m s .
