Robot-assisted gait training (Lokomat) improves walking function and activity in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review

KY Nam, HJ Kim, BS Kwon, JW Park, HJ Lee… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) after spinal cord injury (SCI) induces several different
neurophysiological mechanisms to restore walking ability, including the activation of central …

Robot-assisted gait training in individuals with spinal cord injury: A systematic review for the clinical effectiveness of Lokomat

AR Alashram, G Annino, E Padua - Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a critical medical condition that causes numerous
impairments leading to accompanying disability. Robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) offers …

Robotic assisted gait as a tool for rehabilitation of individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review

LJ Holanda, PMM Silva, TC Amorim… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
Background Spinal cord injury (SCI) is characterized by a total or partial deficit of sensory
and motor pathways. Impairments of this injury compromise muscle recruitment and motor …

Advanced technology for gait rehabilitation: An overview

T Mikolajczyk, I Ciobanu, DI Badea… - Advances in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Most gait training systems are designed for acute and subacute neurological inpatients.
Many systems are used for relearning gait movements (nonfunctional training) or gait cycle …

Rehabilitation strategies after spinal cord injury: inquiry into the mechanisms of success and failure

MP Côté, M Murray, MA Lemay - Journal of neurotrauma, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Body-weight supported locomotor training (BWST) promotes recovery of load-bearing
stepping in lower mammals, but its efficacy in individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) is …

Differences in neuroplasticity after spinal cord injury in varying animal models and humans

ME Filipp, BJ Travis, SS Henry… - Neural regeneration …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Rats have been the primary model to study the process and underlying mechanisms of
recovery after spinal cord injury. Two weeks after a severe spinal cord contusion, rats can …

A review on locomotor training after spinal cord injury: reorganization of spinal neuronal circuits and recovery of motor function

AC Smith, M Knikou - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Locomotor training is a classic rehabilitation approach utilized with the aim of improving
sensorimotor function and walking ability in people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Recent …

Repeated transspinal stimulation decreases soleus H-reflex excitability and restores spinal inhibition in human spinal cord injury

M Knikou, LM Murray - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Transcutaneous spinal cord or transspinal stimulation over the thoracolumbar enlargement,
the spinal location of motoneurons innervating leg muscles, modulates neural circuits …

The use of surface EMG in neurorehabilitation following traumatic spinal cord injury: A scoping review

G Balbinot, MJ Wiest, G Li, M Pakosh, JC Furlan… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a common electrophysiological assessment
used in clinical trials in individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI). This scoping review …

Spinal cord stimulation and augmentative control strategies for leg movement after spinal paralysis in humans

K Minassian, US Hofstoetter - CNS neuroscience & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Severe spinal cord injury is a devastating condition, tearing apart long white matter tracts
and causing paralysis and disability of body functions below the lesion. But caudal to most …