Treadmill Training with HAL Exoskeleton—A Novel Approach for Symptomatic Therapy in Patients with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy—Preliminary Study

Treadmill Training with HAL Exoskeleton—A Novel Approach for Symptomatic Therapy in Patients with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy—Preliminary Study

Purpose: Exoskeletons have been developed for rehabilitation of patients with walking impairment due to neurological disorders. Recent studies have shown that the voluntary-driven exoskeleton HAL® (hybrid assistive limb) can improve walking functions in spinal cord injury and stroke. The aim of this...

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Main Authors: Matthias Sczesny-Kaiser, Rebecca Kowalewski, Thomas A. Schildhauer, Mirko Aach, Oliver Jansen, Dennis Grasmücke, Anne-Katrin Güttsches, Matthias Vorgerd, Martin Tegenthoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
muscular dystrophy
exoskeleton
locomotor training
walking
rehabilitation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2017.00449/full

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