Understanding Therapeutic Benefits of Overground Bionic Ambulation: Exploratory Case Series in Persons With Chronic, Complete Spinal Cord Injury

• Published in: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation Vol. 95; no. 10; pp. 1878 - 1887.e4
• Main Authors: Kressler, Jochen, Thomas, Christine K., Field-Fote, Edelle C., Sanchez, Justin, Widerström-Noga, Eva, Cilien, Deena C., Gant, Katie, Ginnety, Kelly, Gonzalez, Hernan, Martinez, Adriana, Anderson, Kimberley D., Nash, Mark S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Ambulation; Bionics; Chronic Disease; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Energy Metabolism; Evaluation; Female; Humans; Male; Motor Cortex - physiology; Muscle Contraction; Muscle Spasticity - etiology; Muscle Spasticity - rehabilitation; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; Neuralgia - etiology; Neuralgia - rehabilitation; Oxygen Consumption; Pain Measurement; Physical Conditioning, Human - physiology; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Spinal cord injuries; Spinal Cord Injuries - complications; Spinal Cord Injuries - physiopathology; Spinal Cord Injuries - rehabilitation; Thoracic Vertebrae; Walking - physiology; Evaluation; Bionics; Ambulation; EEG; NRS; Vo2peak; OBA; TEE; SCI; Spinal cord injuries; MG; Rehabilitation; MVC; spinal cord injury; electroencephalography; total energy expenditure; V o 2peak; peak oxygen consumption; maximal voluntary contraction; medial gastrocnemius; numeric rating scale; overground bionic ambulation

To explore responses to overground bionic ambulation (OBA) training from an interdisciplinary perspective including key components of neuromuscular activation, exercise conditioning, mobility capacity, and neuropathic pain. Case series. Academic research center. Persons (N=3; 2 men, 1 woman) aged 26...