ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2021
Hybrid Assistive Limb Functional Treatment for a Patient with Chronic Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury.
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- Wearable powered exoskeletons for gait training in tetraplegia: a systematic review on feasibility, safety and potential health benefits.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2022Pooled it
- Virtual reality rehabilitation to enhance functional recovery initiated from the acute phase following cervical cord injury: A case report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2026Article
- Intention-driven ankle exoskeleton training acutely alters swing foot clearance distribution: a preliminary study.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2026Article
- Postoperative Acute-Phase Gait Training Using Hybrid Assistive Limb Improves Gait Ataxia in a Patient with Intradural Spinal Cord Compression Due to Spinal Tumors.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- 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
- Immediate effects of hybrid assistive limb gait training on lower limb function in a chronic myelopathy patient with postoperative late neurological deterioration.BMC research notes · 2022Article
- Current Concepts of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Therapy for Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Review
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Abstract
introductionThe hybrid assistive limb (HAL) is a wearable exoskeleton cyborg that assists walking and lower limb movements via real-time actuator control by detecting the wearer's bioelectric signals on the surface of their skin. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report the improvement in walking ability following HAL gait training in a patient with tetraplegia after incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). PATIENT AND
methodsA 47-year-old man with traumatic cervical SCI for six months after fall had incomplete tetraplegic SCI grade C as classified according to the American Spinal Cord Injury Association impairment scale and was unable to walk in conventional rehabilitation.
resultsThe HAL gait training was received 2 or 3 times per week for 13 sessions. Improvement was observed in gait speed (baseline: 0.12; after training: 0.45 m/sec), step length (baseline: 0.30; after training: 0.45 m), and cadence (baseline: 23.1; after training: 59.6 steps/min) based on a 10-meter walking test; International Standards for Neurological and functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI) motor score (baseline: 59; after training: 76); and walking index for spinal cord injury (WISCI) II score (baseline: 1; after training: 6).
conclusionWe report the recovery of walking ability in a patient with chronic severe incomplete tetraplegic SCI following the HAL training.
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