ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2019
Effects of Gait Treatment With a Single-Leg Hybrid Assistive Limb System After Acute Stroke: A Non-randomized Clinical Trial.
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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
- Early rehabilitation with lumbar-type hybrid assistive limb for acute stroke patients: a pilot study and clinical review.Journal of physical therapy science · 2025Article
- Study on intervention effect of Wearable Cyborg HAL through narrative analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Robot-assisted gait training in stroke.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Review
- Feasibility and safety study of wearable cyborg Hybrid Assistive Limb for pediatric patients with cerebral palsy and spinal cord disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Ankle dorsiflexion training with a newly developed Hybrid Assistive Limb for a patient with foot drop caused by common peroneal nerve palsy: a case report.Journal of physical therapy science · 2022Article
- Development of a New Ankle Joint Hybrid Assistive Limb.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Coordination Between Partial Robotic Exoskeletons and Human Gait: A Comprehensive Review on Control Strategies.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Review
- Exercise training using hybrid assistive limb (HAL) lumbar type for locomotive syndrome: a pilot study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Effect of hybrid assistive limb treatment on maximal walking speed and six-minute walking distance during stroke rehabilitation: a pilot study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2021Article
- Efficacy and Safety Study of Wearable Cyborg HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) in Hemiplegic Patients With Acute Stroke (EARLY GAIT Study): Protocols for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
We hypothesized that a single-leg version of the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) system could improve the gait and physical function of patients with hemiparesis following a stroke. In this pilot study, we therefore compared the efficacy of HAL-based gait training with that of conventional gait training (CGT) in patients with acute stroke. Patients admitted to the participating university hospital were assigned to the HAL group, whereas those admitted to outside teaching hospitals under the same rehabilitation program who did not use the HAL were assigned to the control group. Over 3 weeks, all participants completed nine 20 min sessions of gait training, using either HAL (i.e., the single-leg version of HAL on the paretic side) or conventional methods (i.e., walking aids and gait orthoses). Outcome measures were evaluated before and after the nine training sessions. The Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) was the primary outcome measure, but the following secondary outcome measures were also assessed: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Fugl-Meyer Assessment (Lower Extremity), comfortable walking speed, step length, cadence, 6-min walk distance, Barthel Index, and Functional Independence Measure. In total, 22 post-stroke participants completed the clinical trial: 12 in the HAL group and 10 in the CGT group. No serious adverse events occurred in either group. The HAL group showed significant improvement in FAC after nine sessions when compared with the CGT group (
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