ArticleGeriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation2021
Early Recovery of Walking Ability in Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty Using a Hip-Wearable Exoskeleton Robot: A Case-Controlled Clinical Trial.
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Study to Verify Effectiveness and Safety of the Electrically Powered Orthopedic Exercise Device on Gait Ability in Patients With Hip Joint Diseases: Investigator Initiated, Single Center, Single Group Clinical Trial
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- A State-of-the-Art of Exoskeletons in Line with the WHO's Vision on Healthy Aging: From Rehabilitation of Intrinsic Capacities to Augmentation of Functional Abilities.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Powered single hip joint exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of short-term early postoperative gait-training using a lightweight hip-assist device on walking-speed recovery after total knee arthroplasty: a pilot study.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2026Article
- Gait training using a wearable robotic hip device for incomplete spinal cord injury: A preliminary study.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Observational
- Stroke patient rehabilitation: an analysis of the effects of perturbation training combined with hip unloading gait strategies.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- A Study on the Design of Knee Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Based on the RFPBS Model.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionThe Honda Walking Assist (HWA) is a hip-wearable exoskeleton robot for gait training that assists in hip flexion and extension movements to guide hip joint movements during gait. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of walking exercises with HWA in patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty (TKA). MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study involved 10 patients (11 knees) in the HWA group and 11 patients (11 knees) in the control group who underwent conventional physical therapy. The patients assigned to the HWA group underwent a total of 17-20 gait training sessions, each lasting approximately 20 min from week 1 to 5 following TKA. Self-selected walking speed (SWS), maximum walking speed (MWS), range of motion (ROM), knee extension and flexion torque, and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index subscales of pain (WOMAC-p) and physical function (WOMAC-f) scores were measured preoperatively, at 2, 4, and 8 weeks following TKA.
resultsInterventions were successfully completed in all patients, with no severe adverse events. A significant difference was noted in the time × group interaction effect between preoperative and week 2 SWS and MWS. Regarding knee function, there was a significant difference in the time × group interaction between preoperative and week 2 active ROM extension; however, no significant difference in knee torque, WOMAC-p, and WOMAC-f scores were observed. In the between-group post hoc analysis, WOMAC-f in the HWA group was higher than that in the control group at week 8. DISCUSSION: Although the control group showed a temporary reduction in SWS and MWS 2 weeks after TKA, the HWA group did not. These results suggest that HWA intervention promotes early improvement in walking ability after TKA.
conclusionsThe gait training using HWA was safe and feasible and could be effective for the early improvement of walking ability in TKA patients.
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