Exoskeleton vs Robot-Assisted Gait Training Post Robot-Assisted Gait Intervention in Parkinson’s Disease Patients with Mild Symptoms: a random controlled trial
Kyle Condon
Exoskeletons are a developing technology used in gait training, mainly with patients diagnosed with a spinal cord injury (SCI) or a stroke( 9,6). Some research has been done in patients with other neurological disabilities such as multiple sclerosis (MS), but nothing has been done to address the Parkinson’s disease (PD) population. However, robot-assisted gait training has been used on all of these populations, and successfully so in individuals with mild PD (2). This begs the question of the will the data support the efficacy of an exoskeleton as a gait training intervention on patients with PD. Factors such as gait speed, stride length, step length, and …show more content…
(2012). Does robotic gait training improve balance in Parkinson’s disease? A randomized controlled trial. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 18(8), 990–993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.05.010
Pilleri, M., Weis, L., Zabeo, L., Koutsikos, K., Biundo, R., Facchini, S., … Antonini, A. (2015). Overground robot assisted gait trainer for the treatment of drug-resistant freezing of gait in Parkinson disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 355(1-2), 75–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2015.05.023
Sale, P., De Pandis, M. F., Domenica, L. P., Sova, I., Cimolin, V., Ancillao, A., … Franceschini, M. (2013). Robot-assisted walking training for individuals with Parkinson’s disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial. BMC Neurology, 13, 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-13-50
Ustinova, K., Chernikova, L., Bilimenko, A., Telenkov, A., & Epstein, N. (2011). Effect of robotic locomotor training in an individual with Parkinson’s disease: a case report. Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology, 6(1), 77–85.
Kyle Condon
Exoskeletons are a developing technology used in gait training, mainly with patients diagnosed with a spinal cord injury (SCI) or a stroke( 9,6). Some research has been done in patients with other neurological disabilities such as multiple sclerosis (MS), but nothing has been done to address the Parkinson’s disease (PD) population. However, robot-assisted gait training has been used on all of these populations, and successfully so in individuals with mild PD (2). This begs the question of the will the data support the efficacy of an exoskeleton as a gait training intervention on patients with PD. Factors such as gait speed, stride length, step length, and …show more content…
(2012). Does robotic gait training improve balance in Parkinson’s disease? A randomized controlled trial. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 18(8), 990–993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.05.010
Pilleri, M., Weis, L., Zabeo, L., Koutsikos, K., Biundo, R., Facchini, S., … Antonini, A. (2015). Overground robot assisted gait trainer for the treatment of drug-resistant freezing of gait in Parkinson disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 355(1-2), 75–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jns.2015.05.023
Sale, P., De Pandis, M. F., Domenica, L. P., Sova, I., Cimolin, V., Ancillao, A., … Franceschini, M. (2013). Robot-assisted walking training for individuals with Parkinson’s disease: a pilot randomized controlled trial. BMC Neurology, 13, 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-13-50
Ustinova, K., Chernikova, L., Bilimenko, A., Telenkov, A., & Epstein, N. (2011). Effect of robotic locomotor training in an individual with Parkinson’s disease: a case report. Disability and Rehabilitation. Assistive Technology, 6(1), 77–85.