ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2018
Reshaping of Gait Coordination by Robotic Intervention in Myelopathy Patients After Surgery.
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- Exoskeleton-based exercises for overground gait and balance rehabilitation in spinal cord injury: a systematic review of dose and dosage parameters.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Hybrid Assistive Limb in orthopaedic rehabilitation: cybernic treatment developed in Japan for neuromotor functional restoration.International orthopaedics · 2026Review
- Postoperative gait training using the Hybrid Assistive Limb for pediatric spinal intramedullary cavernous malformation: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- Robotic rehabilitation therapy using Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) for patients with spinal cord lesions: a narrative review.North American Spine Society journal · 2023Article
- Gait pattern after electromechanically-assisted gait training with the Hybrid Assistive Limb and conventional gait training in sub-acute stroke rehabilitation-A subsample from a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Developing Peri-Operative Rehabilitation in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 6]: An Unexplored Opportunity?Global spine journal · 2022Article
- Analysis of Gait Motion Changes by Intervention Using Robot Suit Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) in Myelopathy Patients After Decompression Surgery for Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2021Article
- Muscular Activity Modulation During Post-operative Walking With Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) in a Patient With Thoracic Myelopathy Due to Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Case Report.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Feasibility of Neurorehabilitation Using a Hybrid Assistive Limb for Patients Who Underwent Spine Surgery.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2018Article
- Reshaping of Bilateral Gait Coordination in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients After Early Robotic Intervention.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
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Abstract
The Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) is an idiopathic degenerative spinal disease which may cause motor deficit. For patients presenting myelopathy or severe stenosis, surgical decompression is the treatment of choice; however, despite adequate decompression residual motor impairment is found in some cases. After surgery, there is no therapeutic approach available for this population. The Hybrid Assistive Limb® (HAL) robot suit is a unique powered exoskeleton designed to predict, support, and enhance the lower extremities performance of patients using their own bioelectric signals. This approach has been used for spinal cord injury and stroke patients where the walking performance improved. However, there is no available data about gait kinematics evaluation after HAL therapy. Here we analyze the effect of HAL therapy in OPLL patients in acute and chronic stages after decompression surgery. We found that HAL therapy improved the walking performance for both groups. Interestingly, kinematics evaluation by the analysis of the elevation angles of the thigh, shank, and foot by using a principal component analysis showed that planar covariation, plane orientation, and movement range evaluation improved for acute patients suggesting an improvement in gait coordination. Being the first study performing kinematics analysis after HAL therapy, our results suggest that HAL improved the gait coordination of acute patients by supporting the relearning process and therefore reshaping their gait pattern.
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