Stroke gait rehabilitation: A comparison of end-effector, overground exoskeleton, and conventional gait training

Michela Goffredo; Chiara Iacovelli; Emanuele Russo; Sanaz Pournajaf; Chiara Di Blasi; Daniele Galafate; Leonardo Pellicciari; Maurizio Agosti; Serena Filoni; Irene Aprile; Marco Franceschini

doi:10.3390/app9132627

Stroke gait rehabilitation: A comparison of end-effector, overground exoskeleton, and conventional gait training

Michela Goffredo, Chiara Iacovelli, Emanuele Russo, Sanaz Pournajaf, Chiara Di Blasi, Daniele Galafate, Leonardo Pellicciari, Maurizio Agosti, Serena Filoni, Irene Aprile, Marco Franceschini

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Gait recovery is one of the main goals of post-stroke rehabilitation and Robot-Assisted Gait Training (RAGT) has shown positive outcomes. However, there is a lack of studies in the literature comparing the effects of different devices. This paper aims to study the effects, in terms of clinical and gait outcomes, of treadmill-based and overground RAGT, compared to conventional gait training in stroke subjects. The results showed a significant improvement of clinical outcomes in both robotic treatments and in conventional therapy. The performance of locomotor tasks was clinically significant in the robotic groups only. The spatio-temporal gait parameters did not reveal any significant difference. Results suggest future multicentre studies on a larger number of subjects.

Original language	English
Article number	2627
Journal	Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume	9
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app9132627
Publication status	Published - Jul 1 2019

Keywords

Gait analysis
Robot-assisted gait training
Stroke

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)
Instrumentation
Engineering(all)
Process Chemistry and Technology
Computer Science Applications
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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