Rehabilitative training in animal models of spinal cord injury

A Torres-Espín, E Beaudry, K Fenrich… - Journal of …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Rehabilitative motor training is currently one of the most widely used approaches to promote
moderate recovery following injuries of the central nervous system. Such training is …

Is the intensity or duration of treadmill training important for stroke patients? A meta-analysis

S Abbasian, MR Mm - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Stroke, the third highest cause of death after cancer and cardiac diseases, is a
strong cause of adult disability in most countries. Therefore, the aim of the current meta …

The effect of functional stretching exercises on functional outcomes in spastic stroke patients: A randomized controlled clinical trial

E Ghasemi, K Khademi-Kalantari… - Journal of bodywork and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Stroke is the biggest cause of disability in adults. Spasticity is a primary
impairment of stroke with a highly variable prevalence. In the present research, we aimed to …

Walking speed changes in response to novel user-driven treadmill control

NT Ray, BA Knarr, JS Higginson - Journal of Biomechanics, 2018 - Elsevier
Implementing user-driven treadmill control in gait training programs for rehabilitation may be
an effective means of enhancing motor learning and improving functional performance. This …

Repeated split-belt treadmill walking improved gait ability in individuals with chronic stroke: A pilot study

M Betschart, BJ McFadyen… - Physiotherapy theory and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the effects of repeated split-belt treadmill (SBT) walking on gait ability
in individuals poststroke. Twelve individuals with a first unilateral cerebral stroke (10 males; …

A motorized pellet dispenser to deliver high intensity training of the single pellet reaching and grasping task in rats

A Torres-Espin, J Forero, EKA Schmidt, K Fouad… - Behavioural brain …, 2018 - Elsevier
The single pellet reaching and grasping (SPG) task is widely used to study forelimb motor
performance in rodents and to provide rehabilitation after neurological disorders …

Changes in lower extremity strength may be related to the walking speed improvements in children with cerebral palsy after gait training

RM Hoffman, BB Corr, WA Stuberg, DJ Arpin… - Research in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Cerebral palsy (CP) has a high probability of resulting in lower extremity
strength and walking deficits. Numerous studies have shown that gait training has the …

Robotically-driven orthoses exert proximal-to-distal differential recovery on the lower limbs in children with hemiplegia, early after acquired brain injury

E Beretta, E Molteni, E Biffi, R Morganti… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Robotically-driven orthoses (RDO) are promising for treating gait impairment in children with
hemiplegia after acquired brain injury (ABI). Despite this, existing literature on the …

A narrative review of gait training after stroke and a proposal for developing a novel gait training device that provides minimal assistance

W Liu - Topics in stroke rehabilitation, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Gait impairment is common in stroke survivors. Recovery of walking ability is
one of the most pressing objectives in stroke rehabilitation. Objectives: Of this report are to …

Numerical optimization and cyber-physical-social computing for vibrations of the elliptical treadmill based on GSO-BPNN model

B Liang, T Zhang - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The finite element method was used to compute the vibration characteristics of the elliptical
treadmill, and the computational results were then compared with those of the experimental …