The influence of new reciprocating link medial linkage orthosis on walking and independence in a spinal cord injury patient.
Spinal Cord
; 53 Suppl 1: S10-2, 2015 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and evaluation of a new medial linkage reciprocating gait orthosis (MLRGO) that incorporates a reciprocal mechanism and is sensitive to pelvic motion to potentially assist paraplegic patients to walk and provide functional independence. CASE DESCRIPTION ANDMETHODS:
The new orthosis was constructed and tested by a 20-year-old female paraplegic subject with transverse myelitis at T10 level, who was 4 years post injury and had also been an isocentric reciprocating gait orthosis (IRGO) user for 2 years. She received gait training for 12 weeks before undertaking gait analysis, and also completed a questionnaire that was designed to assess the perceived functionality of the new MLRGO when compared with an IRGO.RESULTS:
The results demonstrated improvements in gait velocity, step length and cadence, and also improvement in functional independence with the new orthosis compared with an IRGO.CONCLUSION:
The results demonstrated that this new MLRGO could be used for paraplegic patients who would like an improvement in functional independence and ambulation.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aparelhos Ortopédicos
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Traumatismos da Medula Espinal
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Caminhada
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Spinal Cord
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Irã