Post-stroke sequelae, spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis are the most common disabling diseases of upper motor neurons. These cause functional limitations prevent patients from performing activities daily living. This review aims to identify potential electrical stimulation (FES) for locomotor rehabilitation use in neuron diseases. A systematic search was conducted. For strategy, MeSH te...

This study aimed to analyze the responsiveness of 5STS test among stroke patients and estimate MCIDs (minimal clinically important differences) for different severity levels community ambulation stages recovery. The comparator instruments (gait speed Functional Ambulatory Category (FAC)) were evaluated at baseline. These measures repeated 4 (Stage 1) 8 weeks 2), together with Global Rating Chan...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of hippotherapy for adult patients with brain disorders. METHOD Eight chronic brain disorder patients (7 males, mean age 42.4±16.6 years) were recruited. The mean duration from injury was 7.9±7.7 years. The diagnoses were stroke (n=5), traumatic brain disorder (n=2), and cerebral palsy (n=1). Hippotherapy sessions were conducted twice a week for eight cons...

[Purpose] To assess the effect of 12-weeks Nordic walking training on gait parameters and some elements of postural control. [Subjects and Methods] Sixty-seven women aged 65 to 74 years were enrolled in this study. The subjects were divided into a Nordic Walking group (12 weeks of Nordic walking training, 3 times a week for 75 minutes) and a control group. In both study groups, a set of functio...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether the application of Functional Electrical Stimulation improves gait kinematics and walking ability in people with multiple sclerosis who experience foot drop. DESIGN Acute open labelled comparative observation trial. PARTICIPANTS Twelve people (3 females, 9 males, EDSS 2-4) with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (47.8 years (standard deviation 6.6)) who were ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of repetitive locomotor training with an electromechanical gait trainer in children with cerebral palsy. DESIGN In this randomized controlled trial, 18 ambulatory children with diplegic or tetraplegic cerebral palsy were randomly assigned to an experimental group or a control group. The experimental group received 30 mins of re...

For physical therapists observational gait assessment is preferable to instrumented gait assessment in the clinical setting. Existing observational gait assessment tools used in clinical practice were reviewed in terms of their validity, repeatability, sensitivity, and specificity. Most gait assessment tools lacked information concerning their validity or repeatability. In addition, most gait a...

This study examined functional outcomes, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and satisfaction in a group of Veterans who received physical therapy via an in-home video telerehabilitation program, the Rural Veterans TeleRehabilitation Initiative (RVTRI). A retrospective, pre-post study design was used. Measures obtained from 26 Veterans who received physical therapy in the RVTRI program betw...

BACKGROUND The timed up and go test (TUG) is a functional test which is increasingly used to evaluate patients with stroke. The outcome measured is usually global TUG performance-time. Assessment of spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters during the Oriented gait and Turn sub-tasks of the TUG would provide a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying patients' performance and therefore m...