Trial reportJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2016
Locomotor training through a novel robotic platform for gait rehabilitation in pediatric population: short report.
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- Control strategies used in lower limb exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation after brain injury: a systematic review and analysis of clinical effectiveness.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of powered exoskeleton use on gait in individuals with cerebral palsy: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Clinical utility of the over-ground bodyweight-supporting walking system Andago in children and youths with gait impairments.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Evaluation of biomechanical gait parameters of patients with Cerebral Palsy at three different levels of gait assistance using the CPWalker.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Trial
- A robot-based gait training therapy for pediatric population with cerebral palsy: goal setting, proposal and preliminary clinical implementation.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2018Trial
- Locomotor training through a novel robotic platform for gait rehabilitation in pediatric population: short report.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2016Trial
- Advancing Gait Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review of Robotic Exoskeletons for Cerebral Palsy.Wearable technologies · 2025Review
- Exoskeleton therapy in cerebral palsy: improved gait endurance without kinematic change.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Lower extremity robotic exoskeleton devices for overground ambulation recovery in acquired brain injury-A review.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2023Review
- A MEG compatible, interactive IR game paradigm for the study of visuomotor reach-to-target movements in young children and clinical populations: The Target-Touch Motor Task.Journal of neuroscience methods · 2022Article
- Interleaved Assistance and Resistance for Exoskeleton Mediated Gait Training: Validation, Feasibility and Effects.Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics · 2022Article
- Usability evaluation of an interactive leg press training robot for children with neuromuscular impairments.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2022Article
- Adaptive Ankle Resistance from a Wearable Robotic Device to Improve Muscle Recruitment in Cerebral Palsy.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2020Article
- Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors in Healthcare Applications: A Comprehensive Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Gait Shear and Plantar Pressure Monitoring: A Non-Invasive OFS Based Solution for e-Health Architectures.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Robot-supported assessment of balance in standing and walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2017Review
- Exoskeleton Assistance Improves Crouch during Overground Walking with Forearm Crutches: A Case Study.Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and BiomechatronicsArticle
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundCerebral Palsy (CP) is a disorder of posture and movement due to a defect in the immature brain. The use of robotic devices as alternative treatment to improve the gait function in patients with CP has increased. Nevertheless, current gait trainers are focused on controlling complete joint trajectories, avoiding postural control and the adaptation of the therapy to a specific patient. This paper presents the applicability of a new robotic platform called CPWalker in children with spastic diplegia.
findingsCPWalker consists of a smart walker with body weight and autonomous locomotion support and an exoskeleton for joint motion support. Likewise, CPWalker enables strategies to improve postural control during walking. The integrated robotic platform provides means for testing novel gait rehabilitation therapies in subjects with CP and similar motor disorders. Patient-tailored therapies were programmed in the device for its evaluation in three children with spastic diplegia for 5 weeks. After ten sessions of personalized training with CPWalker, the children improved the mean velocity (51.94 ± 41.97 %), cadence (29.19 ± 33.36 %) and step length (26.49 ± 19.58 %) in each leg. Post-3D gait assessments provided kinematic outcomes closer to normal values than Pre-3D assessments.
conclusionsThe results show the potential of the novel robotic platform to serve as a rehabilitation tool. The autonomous locomotion and impedance control enhanced the children's participation during therapies. Moreover, participants' postural control was substantially improved, which indicates the usefulness of the approach based on promoting the patient's trunk control while the locomotion therapy is executed. Although results are promising, further studies with bigger sample size are required.
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