Exploring Temporospatial Gait Asymmetry, Dynamic Balance, and Locomotor Capacity After a 12-Week Split-Belt Treadmill Training in Adolescents with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Clinical Study

Elnaggar, Ragab K; Alhowimel, Ahmed; Alotaibi, Mazyad; Abdrabo, Mohamed Samy; Fakharany, Mahmoud S. El

doi:10.1080/01942638.2023.2196334

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“…Recommended interventions include fall prevention programs, muscle strengthening and nutritional supplements to enhance bone health and muscle strength in adults with CP. Specifically, balance training, Progressive Resistive Exercises (PRE), treadmill walking without support, and split-belt treadmill perturbations can improve static and dynamic stability and functional mobility [39,[88][89][90][91]. Early investigation of cardiovascular and metabolic fitness levels is crucial for physical endurance, agility, muscle strength and muscle power.…”

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Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Navigating the Complexities of Aging

Kumar,

Perez,

Friel

2023

Brain Sciences

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The goal of this narrative review is to highlight the healthcare challenges faced by adults with cerebral palsy, including the management of long-term motor deficits, difficulty finding clinicians with expertise in these long-term impairments, and scarcity of rehabilitation options. Additionally, this narrative review seeks to examine potential methods for maintaining functional independence, promoting social integration, and community participation. Although the brain lesion that causes the movement disorder is non-progressive, the neurodevelopmental disorder worsens from secondary complications of existing sensory, motor, and cognitive impairments. Therefore, maintaining the continuum of care across one’s lifespan is of utmost importance. Advancements in healthcare services over the past decade have resulted in lower mortality rates and increased the average life expectancy of people with cerebral palsy. However, once they transition from adolescence to adulthood, limited federal and community resources, and health care professionals’ lack of expertise present significant obstacles to achieving quality healthcare and long-term benefits. This paper highlights the common impairments seen in adults with cerebral palsy. Additionally, it underscores the critical role of long-term healthcare and management to prevent functional decline and enhance quality of life across physical, cognitive, and social domains.

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Section: Benefits Of Rehabilitationmentioning

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Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Navigating the Complexities of Aging

Kumar,

Perez,

Friel

2023

Brain Sciences

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“…Therefore, we explore two assistive dampers, with high and low damping coefficients. Additionally, we investigate one disruptive damper, with a negative damping coefficient, which could allow applications as a training device, following concepts of error-augmentation [35,36].…”

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Light-Weight Wearable Gyroscopic Actuators Can Modulate Balance Performance and Gait Characteristics: A Proof-of-Concept Study

Sterke,

Poggensee,

Ribbers

et al. 2023

Healthcare

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Falling is a major cause of morbidity, and is often caused by a decrease in postural stability. A key component of postural stability is whole-body centroidal angular momentum, which can be influenced by control moment gyroscopes. In this proof-of-concept study, we explore the influence of our wearable robotic gyroscopic actuator “GyroPack” on the balance performance and gait characteristics of non-impaired individuals (seven female/eight male, 30 ± 7 years, 68.8 ± 8.4 kg). Participants performed a series of balance and walking tasks with and without wearing the GyroPack. The device displayed various control modes, which were hypothesised to positively, negatively, or neutrally impact postural control. When configured as a damper, the GyroPack increased mediolateral standing time and walking distance, on a balance beam, and decreased trunk angular velocity variability, while walking on a treadmill. When configured as a negative damper, both peak trunk angular rate and trunk angular velocity variability increased during treadmill walking. This exploratory study shows that gyroscopic actuators can influence balance and gait kinematics. Our results mirror the findings of our earlier studies; though, with more than 50% mass reduction of the device, practical and clinical applicability now appears within reach.

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Exploring Temporospatial Gait Asymmetry, Dynamic Balance, and Locomotor Capacity After a 12-Week Split-Belt Treadmill Training in Adolescents with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Clinical Study

Cited by 2 publications

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Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Navigating the Complexities of Aging

Adults with Cerebral Palsy: Navigating the Complexities of Aging

Light-Weight Wearable Gyroscopic Actuators Can Modulate Balance Performance and Gait Characteristics: A Proof-of-Concept Study

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