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Although significant effort is concentrated toward gait retraining during stroke
rehabilitation; 33% of community-dwelling individuals following stroke continue
to demonstrate gait asymmetries following participation in conventional
rehabilitation. Recent studies utilizing the split-belt treadmill indicate that
subjects after stroke retain the ability to learn a novel locomotor pattern.
Through the use of error augmentation, this locomotor pattern can provide a
temporary improvement in symmetry, which can be exploited through repetitive task
specific locomotor training. This article reviews findings from this experimental
paradigm in chronic stroke survivors and discusses the future questions to be
addressed in order to provide optimal rehabilitation interventions.
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