Rehabilitation robots for the treatment of sensorimotor deficits: a neurophysiological perspective

R Gassert, V Dietz - Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2018 - Springer
The past decades have seen rapid and vast developments of robots for the rehabilitation of
sensorimotor deficits after damage to the central nervous system (CNS). Many of these …

Robot-assisted gait training (Lokomat) improves walking function and activity in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review

KY Nam, HJ Kim, BS Kwon, JW Park, HJ Lee… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) after spinal cord injury (SCI) induces several different
neurophysiological mechanisms to restore walking ability, including the activation of central …

Multicenter randomized clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of the Lokomat in subacute stroke

J Hidler, D Nichols, M Pelliccio… - … and neural repair, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. To compare the efficacy of robotic-assisted gait training with the Lokomat to
conventional gait training in individuals with subacute stroke. Methods. A total of 63 …

Recovery of supraspinal control of stepping via indirect propriospinal relay connections after spinal cord injury

G Courtine, B Song, RR Roy, H Zhong, JE Herrmann… - Nature medicine, 2008 - nature.com
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) in humans, and experimental animals,,, are often associated with
varying degrees of spontaneous functional recovery during the first months after injury. Such …

Path control: a method for patient-cooperative robot-aided gait rehabilitation

A Duschau-Wicke, J Von Zitzewitz… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gait rehabilitation robots are of increasing importance in neurorehabilitation. Conventional
devices are often criticized because they are limited to reproducing predefined movement …

The effects of exercise training on physical capacity, strength, body composition and functional performance among adults with spinal cord injury: a systematic review

AL Hicks, KA Martin Ginis, CA Pelletier, DS Ditor… - Spinal cord, 2011 - nature.com
Study design: Systematic review. Objectives: To conduct a systematic review of evidence
surrounding the effects of exercise on physical fitness in people with spinal cord injury (SCI) …

Effects of locomotor training after incomplete spinal cord injury: a systematic review

C Morawietz, F Moffat - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To provide an overview of, and evaluate the current evidence on, locomotor
training approaches for gait rehabilitation in individuals with incomplete spinal cord injury to …

Blood supply and vascular reactivity of the spinal cord under normal and pathological conditions: A review

NL Martirosyan, JS Feuerstein, N Theodore… - … of Neurosurgery: Spine, 2011 - thejns.org
The authors present a review of spinal cord blood supply, discussing the anatomy of the
vascular system and physiological aspects of blood flow regulation in normal and injured …

Should body weight–supported treadmill training and robotic-assistive steppers for locomotor training trot back to the starting gate?

BH Dobkin, PW Duncan - Neurorehabilitation and neural …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Body weight–supported treadmill training (BWSTT) and robotic-assisted step training
(RAST) have not, so far, led to better outcomes than a comparable dose of progressive over …

Type and timing of rehabilitation following acute and subacute spinal cord injury: a systematic review

AS Burns, RJ Marino, S Kalsi-Ryan… - Global spine …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to
address the following clinical questions: In adult patients with acute and subacute complete …