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Robotic-assisted treadmill therapy improves walking and standing performance in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
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Objective Task-specific body-weight-supported treadmill therapy improves walking performance in children with central gait impairment. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of robotic-assisted treadmill therapy on standing and walking performance in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy and to determine parameters influencing outcome.Methods 20 Patients (mean age 11.0 ± 5.1, 10 males and 10 females) with cerebral palsy underwent 12 sessions of robotic-assisted treadmill therapy using the driven gait orthosis Lokomat. Outcome measures were the dimensions D (standing) and E (walking) of the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM).Results Significant improvements in dimension D by 5.9% (± 5.2, p=0.001) and dimension E by 5.3% (± 5.6, p<0.001) of the GMFM were achieved. Improvements in the GMFM D and E were significantly greater in the mildly affected cohort (GMFCS I and II) compared to the more severely affected cohort (GMFCS III and IV). Improvement of the dimension E but not of D correlated positively with the total distance and time walked during the trial (r(s)=0.748, p<0.001).Conclusions Children and adolescents with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy showed improvements in the functional tasks of standing and walking after a 3-week trial of robotic-assisted treadmill therapy. The severity of motor impairment affects the amount of the achieved improvement.
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- Borggraefe, I., Schaefer, J. S., Klaiber, M., Dabrowski, E., Ammann-Reiffer, C., Knecht, B., Berweck, S., Heinen, F., & Meyer-Heim, A.
- Affiliations
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Wayne State University (US)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
- Venue
- European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
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- Elsevier BV
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- 2010-11
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- 14
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- 496-502
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- 1090-3798 (ISSN-L)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Keywords
- cerebral palsy, robot-assisted gait training, Lokomat, spasticity, walking performance, Gross Motor Function Measure, motor impairment severity, children and adolescents
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Cerebral Palsy, Child, Exercise Test, Female, Humans, Male, Posture, Robotics, Walking, Gait Disorders, Neurologic, Young Adult
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