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Supported treadmill ambulation training after spinal cord injury
PROTAS EJ; HOLMES A; QURESHY H
ARCH PHYS MED REHABIL , 2001, vol. 82, n° 6, p. 825-831 Doc n°: 101307 Localisation : Documentation IRR Descripteurs : AE21 - ORIGINE TRAUMATIQUE
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Objectives: To conduct a pilot study of weight-supported ambulation training after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI), and to assess its safety. Design: Quasiexperimental, repeated measures, single group. Setting: Veterans Affairs medical center. Patients: Three subjects with incomplete, chronic, thoracic SCIs; 2 classified as D on the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale and 1 as ASIA impairment scale C. Intervention: Subjects participated in 12 weeks of training assisted by 2 physical therapists. The training consisted of walking on a treadmill while supported by a harness and a pneumatic suspension device. Support started at 40% of body weight and a treadmill speed of .16kmph, and progressed by reducing support and increasing treadmill speed and continuous treadmill walking time up to 20 minutes. Training was conducted for 1 hour per day, 5 days per week for 3 months. Treadmill walking occurred for 20 minutes during the sessions. Main Outcome Measures: Gait function (speed, endurance, walking status, use of assistive device and orthotics); oxygen costs of walking; brain motor control assessment; self-report indices; ASIA classification; muscle function test; and safety. Results: All 3 subjects increased gait speed (.118m/s initially to .318m/s after training 12wk), Langue : ANGLAIS Identifiant basis : 2001217256 |
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