Comparison of gait between healthy participants and persons with spinal cord injury when using the advanced reciprocating gait orthosis

Abstract

To produce an improvement in RGO function, an increase in walking performance should involve attention to improvement of hip, knee, and ankle joint kinematics, which differs significantly from normal walking.

The influence of orthosis options on walking parameters in spinal cord-injured patients: a literature review

“…51 The difference between walking with optimal mechanical orthoses (IRGOs) with healthy subjects walking is high. 23,52 Recent efforts to improve orthoses for SCI patients have led to systems of orthoses that combine the mechanical orthoses with functional electrical stimulation of selected lower extremity muscles and powered orthoses. 5,10,19,53 There are currently only a limited range of powered orthoses, but there is some evidence of an increase in temporal spatial parameters when walking with powered orthoses.…”