Additional Rehabilitative Robot-Assisted Gait Training for Ambulation in Geriatric Individuals with Guillain–Barré Syndrome: A Case Report

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 60; no. 8; p. 1209
• Main Authors: Chen, Fred Yi-Shueh, Hou, Wen-Hsuan, Lee, Hsun-Hua, Huang, Ying-Chi, Siow, Co Yih
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.07.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Aged; Case Report; Case reports; Disability; Exercise intensity; Exercise Therapy - methods; Fatigue; Female; Fitness equipment; Gait; Gait - physiology; geriatric; Geriatrics; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - complications; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - rehabilitation; Guillain–Barré syndrome; Humans; Occupational therapy; Paralysis; Patients; Physical fitness; Rehabilitation; robot-assisted gait training; Robotics - methods; Therapists; Vital signs; Walking; Walking - physiology; Guillain–Barré syndrome; case report; robot-assisted gait training; geriatric

We present a case of a 75-year-old Asian woman with Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) who underwent a 1-month comprehensive rehabilitation training program supplemented by robot-assisted gait training (RAGT). GBS can lead to fatigue and prolonged bed rest, thereby further debilitating older patients. Al...