Effects of body weight support and pedal stance width on joint loading during pinnacle trainer exercise

You, Yu Lin; Lee, Su Ya; Tsai, Yi Jung; Lin, Cheng Feng; Kuo, Li Chieh; Su, Fong-Chin

doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.08.002

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“…The abnormal gait was generated by restriction movement of the knee joint and 3 kg-weight on the ankle. Previous research has been shown the influence of the BWS system on healthy subjects, which only represented the changes of gait parameters of the healthy person during ambulation [23,[39][40][41]. Furthermore, the gait parameters were impacted by many external factors while implementation of the BWS in clinical of hemiplegic, stroke, and spinal cord injury patients such as assistance device, the support of the therapist, etc.…”

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“…The implementation of the BWS system on the gait training would change the gait parameters and impact to the gait therapeutic effect. Previous studies investigated the influence of the BWS system on gait parameters were based on the implementation of healthy subjects [23,[39][40][41]. The results of the implementation of the BWS system on the healthy subject just presented how the effect of the BWS system on the normal gait parameters or how gait parameters of the healthy subject changed while walking under the BWS system.…”

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Influence of Body Weight Support Systems on the Abnormal Gait Kinematic

2020

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In recent years, the Body Weight Support system has been considered to be an indispensable component in gait training systems, which be used to improve the ability to walk of hemiplegic, stroke, and spinal cord injury patients. Previous studies investigated the influence of the Body Weight Support system on gait parameters were based on the implementation with healthy subjects or patients with high assistance. Consequently, the influences of the Body Weight Support systems on gait rehabilitation in clinical practice are still unclear and need further investigation. In this study, we investigated the effects of the two Body Weight Support systems, the active body weight support system and the Counter Weight system, on an abnormal gait, which was generated by restriction of the right knee joint and 3 kg-weight on the right ankle joint. Both Body Weight Support systems improve the gait parameters of the abnormal gait such as the center of mass, the center of pressure, margin of stability, and step parameters. The active Body Weight Support system with the unloading force modulation showed more advanced and better behavior in comparison with the Counter Weight system. The results suggested the applicability of two Body Weight Support systems in clinical practice as a recovered gait intervention.

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confidence: 99%