Robot-assisted modifications of gait in healthy individuals

• Published in: Experimental brain research Vol. 202; no. 4; pp. 809 - 824
• Main Authors: Kim, Seok Hun, Banala, Sai K, Brackbill, Elizabeth A, Agrawal, Sunil K, Krishnamoorthy, Vijaya, Scholz, John P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag 01.05.2010; Springer-Verlag; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological; Adult; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Female; Fitness equipment; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gait; Gait - physiology; Gait disorders; Health Status; Hormones and behavior; Humans; Investigations; Kinetics; Learning; Leg - physiology; Male; Medical sciences; Memory; Musculoskeletal Manipulations - methods; Neurological disorders; Neurology; Neurosciences; Physical therapy; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Research Article; Robotic surgery; Robotics; Robots; Stroke; Stroke (Disease); Time Factors; Training; Visual Perception; Walking - physiology; Young Adult; United States; United States > US; Stroke; Rehabilitation; Gait; Adaptation; Osteoarticular system; Learning; Acquisition process; Force; Plasticity; Joint

This study investigated whether short-term modifications of gait could be induced in healthy adults and whether a combination of kinetic (a compliant force resisting deviation of the foot from the prescribed footpath) and visual guidance was superior to either kinetic guidance or visual guidance alo...