Advantage in muscle activation in gait with support of body weight in spinal cord injury

Abstract

Advantage in muscle activation in gait with support of body weight in spinal cord injuryVantagem na ativação muscular na marcha com suporte de peso corporal em lesados medulares Ventaja en la activación muscular en la marcha con el apoyo del peso corporal en la lesión de la médula espinal Jéssica Saccol Borin [a] , Tânia Valdameri Capelari [a] , Melissa Grigol Goldhardt [b] , Márcia Cristina Issa [b] , Diego Antônio Pereira Bica dos Santos [b] , Fernanda Cechetti Abstract Introduction: The locomotor training with body weight support has been proposed as an alternative for the rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injury, in order to develop most of the residual potential of the body. Objective: To compare the levels of muscle activation of the main muscle involved in gait during body weight-supported treadmill training and body weight-supported overground training in incomplete spinal cord injured patients. Methods: It was a prospective cross-sectional study, in which 11 incomplete injured patients were submitted to two modalities of gait with body weight support, the first one on the