Overground walking patterns after chronic incomplete spinal cord injury show distinct response patterns to unloading.

摘要: Body weight support (BWS) is often provided to incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) patients during rehabilitation enable gait training before full weight-bearing recovered. Emerging robotic devices BWS overground walking, increasing task-specificity of the locomotor training. However, in contrast a treadmill setting, there little information on how unloading integrated into locomotion. We investigated effect transparent multi-directional system walking patterns at different levels individuals with chronic iSCI (CiSCI) compared controls. Kinematics 12 CiSCI were analyzed six from 0 50% body 2kmh− 1 and speed-matched In controls, temporal parameters, single joint trajectories, intralimb coordination responded proportionally level unloading, while spatial parameters remained unaffected. CiSCI, induced similar changes parameters. however, did not adapt their or trajectories unloading. The findings revealed that continuous, dynamic results subtle proportional adjustments corresponding load. demonstrated diminished responses specific domains gait, indicating altered neural processing impeded adjustment environmental constraints. retain movement under this viable therapy tool may also offer potential window control coordination.