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Influence of Robot-Assisted Gait Training on Lower-Limb Muscle Activity in Patients With Stroke: Comparison With Conventional Gait Training [PDF]

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023
Objective To measure muscle activity before and after robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) in patients with stroke and examine the differences in muscle activity changes compared with conventional gait training (CGT).
Naoki Tanaka, Hiroaki Yano, Yasuhiko Ebata, Kazuaki Ebihara   +3 more
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Ataxia, intentional tremor and hypotonia syndrome caused by a novel POU4F1 gene mutation: a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Genetics
Childhood-onset ataxia, intention tremor and hypotonia syndrome (ATITHS) is a rare neurological disorder that encompasses features of hereditary ataxia, hypotonia.
Qisheng Hu, Feng Zhu, Wanfen Wang, Yihang Xu, Haiyan Ren, Yanni Zheng, Yiqing Jiang, Shaofa Ke   +7 more
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Diagnosis of psychogenic (functional) gait disorders

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2023
Psychogenic gait is common in patients with medically unexplained neurological symptoms and provides significant challenges to healthcare providers. Clinicians may arrive at a correct diagnosis earlier if distinctive positive signs are identified and ...
V. S. Savkov
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Measurement and Correction of Stooped Posture during Gait Using Wearable Sensors in Patients with Parkinsonism: A Preliminary Study

Sensors, 2021
Stooped posture, which is usually aggravated during walking, is one of the typical postural deformities in patients with parkinsonism. However, the degree of stooped posture is difficult to quantitatively measure during walking.
Se Hoon Kim, Seo Jung Yun, Quoc Khanh Dang, Youngjoon Chee, Sun Gun Chung, Byung-Mo Oh, Keewon Kim, Han Gil Seo   +7 more
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Convergent Validity of the Timed Walking Tests with Functional Ambulatory Category in Subacute Stroke

Brain Sciences, 2023
Determining the walking ability of post-stroke patients is crucial for the design of rehabilitation programs and the correct functional information to give to patients and their caregivers at their return home after a neurorehabilitation program.
Alex Martino Cinnera, Serena Marrano, Daniela De Bartolo, Marco Iosa, Alessio Bisirri, Enza Leone, Alessandro Stefani, Giacomo Koch, Irene Ciancarelli, Stefano Paolucci, Giovanni Morone   +10 more
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Pelvis-Toe Distance: 3-Dimensional Gait Characteristics of Functional Limb Shortening in Hemiparetic Stroke

Sensors, 2021
We aimed to investigate whether a newly defined distance in the lower limb can capture the characteristics of hemiplegic gait compared to healthy controls.
Koshiro Haruyama, Michiyuki Kawakami, Kohsuke Okada, Kohei Okuyama, Keita Tsuzuki, Meigen Liu   +5 more
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Immediate Effects of Mental Singing While Walking on Gait Disturbance in Hemiplegic Stroke Patients: A Feasibility Study [PDF]

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018
ObjectiveTo investigate the immediate therapeutic effects of mental singing while walking intervention on gait disturbances in hemiplegic stroke patients.MethodsEligible, post-stroke, hemiplegic patients were prospectively enrolled in this study.
Seung Yeol Lee, Hyun Seok, Sang-Hyun Kim, Mingeun Park, Jihoon Kim   +4 more
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Gait Recovery with an Overground Powered Exoskeleton: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Subacute Stroke Subjects

Brain Sciences, 2021
Background: Overground Robot-Assisted Gait Training (o-RAGT) provides intensive gait rehabilitation. This study investigated the efficacy of o-RAGT in subacute stroke subjects, compared to conventional gait training.
Franco Molteni, Eleonora Guanziroli, Michela Goffredo, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Sanaz Pournajaf, Marina Gaffuri, Giulio Gasperini, Serena Filoni, Silvano Baratta, Daniele Galafate, Domenica Le Pera, Placido Bramanti, Marco Franceschini, on behalf of Italian Eksogait Study Group   +13 more
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Functional Gait Recovery after a Combination of Conventional Therapy and Overground Robot-Assisted Gait Training Is Not Associated with Significant Changes in Muscle Activation Pattern: An EMG Preliminary Study on Subjects Subacute Post Stroke

Brain Sciences, 2021
Background: Overground Robot-Assisted Gait Training (o-RAGT) appears to be a promising stroke rehabilitation in terms of clinical outcomes. The literature on surface ElectroMyoGraphy (sEMG) assessment in o-RAGT is limited.
Francesco Infarinato, Paola Romano, Michela Goffredo, Marco Ottaviani, Daniele Galafate, Annalisa Gison, Simone Petruccelli, Sanaz Pournajaf, Marco Franceschini   +8 more
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Motor phenotype of decline in cognitive performance among community-dwellers without dementia: population-based study and meta-analysis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Decline in cognitive performance is associated with gait deterioration. Our objectives were: 1) to determine, from an original study in older community-dwellers without diagnosis of dementia, which gait parameters, among slower gait speed, higher stride ...
Olivier Beauchet, Gilles Allali, Manuel Montero-Odasso, Ervin Sejdić, Bruno Fantino, Cédric Annweiler   +5 more
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