ArticleIEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society2015
Assist-as-Needed Robot-Aided Gait Training Improves Walking Function in Individuals Following Stroke.
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- Clinical indications and protocol considerations for selecting initial body weight support levels in gait rehabilitation: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
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- Effect of the Kickstart exoskeleton lower extremity walking system on improving lower extremity walking ability in subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Effects of exoskeleton rehabilitation robot training on neuroplasticity and lower limb motor function in patients with stroke.BMC neurology · 2025Trial
- Effects of Robot-Assisted Gait Training with Body Weight Support on Gait and Balance in Stroke Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Effect of assist-as-needed robotic gait training on the gait pattern post stroke: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
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- Interlimb transfer of motor skill learning during walking: No evidence for asymmetric transfer.Gait & posture · 2017Trial
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- Lower limb active exoskeletons, exosuits, assistive devices and specifications: a scoping review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Key factors for successful gait acquisition in individuals with severe hemiplegic subacute stroke using a single-legged gait-training assistance robot: a retrospective cohort study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Observational
- Research on Control Strategy of Lower Limb Exoskeleton Robots: A Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Investigations on the Effects of a Passive Standing-from-Squatting and Gait Assistive Exoskeleton on Human Motion.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Application of Muscle Synergies for Gait Rehabilitation After Stroke: Implications for Future Research.Neurology international · 2024Review
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- IMU-Based Real-Time Estimation of Gait Phase Using Multi-Resolution Neural Networks.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
A novel robot-aided assist-as-needed gait training paradigm has been developed recently. This paradigm encourages subjects' active participation during training. Previous pilot studies demonstrated that assist-as-needed robot-aided gait training (RAGT) improves treadmill walking performance post-stroke. However, it is not known if there is an over-ground transfer of the training effects from RAGT on treadmill or long-term retention of the effects. The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of assist-as-needed RAGT on over-ground walking pattern post-stroke. Nine stroke subjects received RAGT with visual feedback of each subject's instantaneous ankle malleolus position relative to a target template for 15 40-minute sessions. Clinical evaluations and gait analyses were performed before, immediately after, and 6 months post-training. Stroke subjects demonstrated significant improvements and some long-term retention of the improvements in their self-selected over-ground walking speed, Dynamic Gait Index, Timed Up and Go, peak knee flexion angle during swing phase and total hip joint excursion over the whole gait cycle for their affected leg . These preliminary results demonstrate that subjects improved their over-ground walking pattern and some clinical gait measures post-training suggesting that assist-as-needed RAGT including visual feedback may be an effective approach to improve over-ground walking pattern post-stroke.
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