Wearable robotic exoskeleton for overground gait rehabilitation in complete spinal cord injured patients

Introduction: In the last two decades there has been a growing interest in research and clinical applications of robot-assisted rehabilitation [1]. Robot-based rehabilitation treatments are usually based on the motor learning concept, resulting from intensive, repetitive and task-oriented motor activities [2 –4]. Currently the use of overground robotic exoskeleton in gait rehabilitation is growing [5] with the objective of improving mobility of patients with severe lower limbs disability. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of an overground robotic exoskeleton gait training in complete spinal cord injured (SCI) patients in terms of improvements in quality of life and patient-robot interaction.
Source: Gait and Posture - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research