Lower-limb robot-assisted therapy in rehabilitation of acute and subacute stroke patients
Robot-assisted therapy has been proved more effective for treating neurological conditions than conventional therapy.It is known that early training can enhance motor learning and improve functional abilities more than chronicphase training.But there is almost no such lower-limb rehabilitation robot for patients within three months after stroke in clinical.This article introduces such a new robot for acute and subacute stroke patients,which can increase joint flexibility,prevent muscle disuse atrophy,help neural plasticity,enhance motor learning and improve functional abilities by providing patients simulating-gait-training.We did randomized controlled trials including total 8 subjects (4 healthy,4 patients).At the end of rehabilitation training,the patients conditions were assessed by nursing and training staff using the Fugl- Meyer Assessment score.After four weeks of robot-assisted therapy,experimental results showed that the patients score and their activities of daily living improved a lot.It is proved that the lower-limb rehabilitation robot for acute and subacute patients is effective.
stroke neuroplasticity gait lower-limb rehabilitation robot Fugl-Meyer Assessment
Sui Jianfeng Yang Runze Ji Linhong
Department of Precision Instruments and Mechanology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
国际会议
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (2012年医学物理及生物医学工程国际会议(IFMBE))
北京
英文
2034-2037
2012-05-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）