ArticleBrain sciences2021
Functional Gait Recovery after a Combination of Conventional Therapy and Overground Robot-Assisted Gait Training Is Not Associated with Significant Changes in Muscle Activation Pattern: An EMG Preliminary Study on Subjects Subacute Post Stroke.
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- Interpreting Stroke-Impaired Electromyography Patterns through Explainable Artificial Intelligence.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Exoskeleton-assisted training to enhance lower limb motor recovery in subacute stroke: does timing matter? A pilot randomized trial.Frontiers in stroke · 2024Article
- Enhanced Rehabilitation Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Gait Training with EksoNR Lower Extremity Exoskeleton in 19 Stroke Patients.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Observational
- Robotic-Assisted Gait Training (RAGT) in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2023Article
- Lower extremity robotic exoskeleton devices for overground ambulation recovery in acquired brain injury-A review.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2023Review
- Kinematic Analysis of Exoskeleton-Assisted Community Ambulation: An Observational Study in Outdoor Real-Life Scenarios.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Observational
- A Robot-Assisted Therapy to Increase Muscle Strength in Hemiplegic Gait Rehabilitation.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2022Article
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- Prediction of Myoelectric Biomarkers in Post-Stroke Gait.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundOverground Robot-Assisted Gait Training (o-RAGT) appears to be a promising stroke rehabilitation in terms of clinical outcomes. The literature on surface ElectroMyoGraphy (sEMG) assessment in o-RAGT is limited. This paper aimed to assess muscle activation patterns with sEMG in subjects subacute post stroke after training with o-RAGT and conventional therapy.
methodsAn observational preliminary study was carried out with subjects subacute post stroke who received 15 sessions of o-RAGT (5 sessions/week; 60 min) in combination with conventional therapy. The subjects were assessed with both clinical and instrumental evaluations. Gait kinematics and sEMG data were acquired before (T1) and after (T2) the period of treatment (during ecological gait), and during the first session of o-RAGT (o-RAGT
conclusionsThere were significant functional gains in gait after complex intensive clinical rehabilitation with o-RAGT and conventional therapy. In addition, there was a significant increase in bilateral symmetry of the Tibialis Anterior muscles. At this stage of the signals from the tibialis anterior (TA), gastrocnemius medialis (GM), rectus femoris (RF), and biceps femoris caput longus (BF) muscles of each lower extremity. sEMG data processing extracted the Bilateral Symmetry (BS), the Co-Contraction (CC), and the Root Mean Square (RMS) coefficients.
resultsEight of 22 subjects in the subacute stage post stroke agreed to participate in this sEMG study. This subsample demonstrated a significant improvement in the motricity index of the affected lower limb and functional ambulation. The heterogeneity of the subjects' characteristics and the small number of subjects was associated with high variability research, functional gait recovery was associated with minimal change in muscle activation patterns.
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