TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of Robotic Exoskeleton Gait Training on an Adolescent with Brain Injury
AU - Karunakaran, Kiran K.
AU - Ehrenberg, Naphtaly
AU - Cheng, Jenfu
AU - Nolan, Karen J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - Brain injury is one of the leading causes of motor deficits in children and adults, and it often results in motor control and balance impairments. Motor deficits include decreased walking speed, increased double support time, increased temporal and spatial asymmetry, and decreased control and coordination; leading to compromised functional ambulation and reduced quality of life. Robotic exoskeletons for motor rehabilitation can provide the user with consistent, symmetrical, goal-directed repetition of movement as well as balance and stability. The goal of this case study was to evaluate the efficacy of high dose robotic training on dynamic gait using functional and neuromechanical outcome measures in an adolescent with chronic brain injury. The results from this study demonstrated improved spatial symmetry, swing time, stance time, step length and an overall progression towards healthy bilateral loading. These preliminary results suggest that high dose, repetitive, consistent gait training using robotic exoskeletons has the potential to induce recovery of function in adolescents diagnosed with brain injury.
AB - Brain injury is one of the leading causes of motor deficits in children and adults, and it often results in motor control and balance impairments. Motor deficits include decreased walking speed, increased double support time, increased temporal and spatial asymmetry, and decreased control and coordination; leading to compromised functional ambulation and reduced quality of life. Robotic exoskeletons for motor rehabilitation can provide the user with consistent, symmetrical, goal-directed repetition of movement as well as balance and stability. The goal of this case study was to evaluate the efficacy of high dose robotic training on dynamic gait using functional and neuromechanical outcome measures in an adolescent with chronic brain injury. The results from this study demonstrated improved spatial symmetry, swing time, stance time, step length and an overall progression towards healthy bilateral loading. These preliminary results suggest that high dose, repetitive, consistent gait training using robotic exoskeletons has the potential to induce recovery of function in adolescents diagnosed with brain injury.
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U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856787
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856787
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 31946852
AN - SCOPUS:85077886924
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
SP - 4445
EP - 4448
BT - 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2019
Y2 - 23 July 2019 through 27 July 2019
ER -