ArticleClinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology2015
Effects of robotic-locomotor training on stretch reflex function and muscular properties in individuals with spinal cord injury.
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- Physiotherapy interventions for the treatment of spasticity in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Spinal cord · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Meta-analysis.BioMed research international · 2020Pooled it
- Robotic assisted gait as a tool for rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2017Pooled it
- Exercise-Induced Alterations in Sympathetic-Somatomotor Coupling in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury.Journal of neurotrauma · 2019Trial
- Training-Specific Neural Plasticity in Spinal Reflexes after Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury.Neural plasticity · 2016Trial
- Relationship Between Spinal Reflexes and Spastic Movement Disorders.Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 2026Review
- Application of Artificial Intelligence in Physical Rehabilitation of Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: A Scoping Review.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Restoring Functional Connectivity in Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Study of Low-Frequency rTMS Intervention.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2025Article
- Examining the role of intrinsic and reflexive contributions to ankle joint hyper-resistance treated with botulinum toxin-A.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Effects of Wearable Powered Exoskeletal Training on Functional Mobility, Physiological Health and Quality of Life in Non-ambulatory Spinal Cord Injury Patients.Journal of Korean medical science · 2021Article
- Nonsurgical Treatment Options for Muscle Contractures in Individuals With Neurologic Disorders: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2021Review
- Effects of Perturbation Velocity, Direction, Background Muscle Activation, and Task Instruction on Long-Latency Responses Measured From Forearm Muscles.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- A Framework for Measuring the Progress in Exoskeleton Skills in People with Complete Spinal Cord Injury.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2017Article
- Spinal plasticity in robot-mediated therapy for the lower limbs.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2015Review
- Facilitatory effects of anti-spastic medication on robotic locomotor training in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe sought to determine the therapeutic effect of robotic-assisted step training (RAST) on neuromuscular abnormalities associated with spasticity by characterization of their recovery patterns in people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
methodsTwenty-three motor-incomplete SCI subjects received one-hour RAST sessions three times per week for 4 weeks, while an SCI control group received no training. Neuromuscular properties were assessed using ankle perturbations prior to and during the training, and a system-identification technique quantified stretch reflex and intrinsic stiffness magnitude and modulation with joint position. Growth-mixture modeling classified subjects based on similar intrinsic and reflex recovery patterns.
resultsAll recovery classes in the RAST group presented significant (p<0.05) reductions in intrinsic and reflex stiffness magnitude and modulation with position; the control group presented no changes over time. Subjects with larger baseline abnormalities exhibited larger reductions, and over longer training periods.
conclusionsOur findings demonstrate that RAST can effectively reduce neuromuscular abnormalities, with greater improvements for subjects with higher baseline abnormalities. SIGNIFICANCE: Our findings suggest, in addition to its primary goal of improving locomotor patterns, RAST can also reduce neuromuscular abnormalities associated with spasticity. These findings also demonstrate that these techniques can be used to characterize neuromuscular recovery patterns in response to various types of interventions.
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