Background: Individuals with acute-onset central nervous system (CNS) injury, including
stroke, motor incomplete spinal cord injury, or traumatic brain injury, often experience lasting …

Background Physical therapy (PT) is one of the key disciplines in interdisciplinary stroke
rehabilitation. The aim of this systematic review was to provide an update of the evidence for …

In the United States, the incidence rate of new or recurrent stroke is approximately 795 000
per year, and stroke prevalence for individuals over the age of 20 years is estimated at 6.5 …

Background Locomotor training, including the use of body-weight support in treadmill
stepping, is a physical therapy intervention used to improve recovery of the ability to walk …

Background Levels of physical activity and physical fitness are low after stroke. Interventions
to increase physical fitness could reduce mortality and reduce disability through increased …

Background Treadmill training, with or without body weight support using a harness, is used
in rehabilitation and might help to improve walking after stroke. This is an update of the …

There is mounting evidence of the value of task‐specific training as a neuromotor
intervention in neurological rehabilitation. The evidence is founded in the psychology of …

Background When people with stroke recover gait speed, they report improved function and
reduced disability. However, the minimal amount of change in gait speed that is clinically …

Objective Performance measures provide important information, but the meaning of change
in these measures is not well known. The purpose of this research is to 1) examine the effect …

Gait rehabilitation robots are of increasing importance in neurorehabilitation. Conventional
devices are often criticized because they are limited to reproducing predefined movement …