ArticleThe journal of spinal cord medicine2023
Immediate effect of weight load on lower limb muscle activity and gait ability in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury during walker gait training.
Article in The journal of spinal cord medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Gait analysis methods in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Can robot-assisted gait training improve walking and activity abilities in persons with spinal cord injury? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Effects of gait training with weight support feedback walker on walker dependence, lower limb muscle activation, and gait ability in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury: A pilot randomized controlled trial.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2025Trial
- Usability test for a cane-combined weight support feedback device.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveWalkers are actively used to improve gait ability in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury (ISCI). This study aimed to investigate the immediate effect of weight load during walker gait training on lower limb muscle activity and gait ability in patients with ISCI using a dependence feedback walker (DFW).
designA single group cross-sectional design.
settingLocal rehabilitation hospital.
participantsFourteen patients with ISCI (62.00 years, Onset duration: 20.57months).
interventionsThe DFW was used to measure the change in lower limb muscle activity and gait ability on walker dependence during the 20-meter walk. Based on the initial measurement of walker dependence, three levels of walker dependence threshold were set (100%, 60%, and 20%). If the weight loaded on the walker exceeded the three threshold levels of walker dependence, auditory and visual feedback was generated. OUTCOME MEASURES: During the 20-meter walk, changes in both lower limb muscle activity (rectus femoris, biceps femoris, medial gastrocnemius, tibialis anterior, and gluteus medius) and gait ability (velocity, cadence, and single-limb support phase) were measured by surface electromyography and 3-axis accelerometer.
resultsThe increase in lower limb muscle activation and improvement of gait ability were greater during 20% walker dependence gait training than during 100% walker dependence gait training (
conclusionReduction of walker dependence by extrinsic feedback generated via DFW during walker gait training may lead to increased lower limb muscle activity and improved gait. These results could be useful for successful self-gait training and improving walking independence in patients with ISCI.
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