Robot-assisted training using Hybrid Assistive Limb® for cerebral palsy

Brain & Development
Mayumi MatsudaKazuhide Tomita

Abstract

The Hybrid Assistive Limb® (HAL®, CYBERDYNE) is a wearable robot that provides assistance to a patient while they are walking, standing, and performing leg movements based on the wearer's intended movement. The effect of robot-assisted training using HAL® for cerebral palsy (CP) is unknown. Therefore, we assessed the effect of robot-assisted training using HAL® on patients with CP, and compared walking and gross motor abilities between pre-intervention and post-intervention. Six subjects with CP were included (mean age: 16.8 years; range: 13-24 years; Gross Motor Function Classification System levels II-IV: n = 1, 4, 1). Robot-assisted training using HAL® were performed 2-4 sessions per week, 20 min per session, within a 4 weeks period, 12 times in total. Outcome measures included gait speed, step length, cadence, single-leg support per gait cycle, hip and knee joint angle in stance, and swing phase per gait cycle, 6-minute walking distance (6 MD), physiological cost index (PCI), knee-extension strength, and Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM). There were significant increases in self-selected walking speed (SWS), cadence during SWS and maximum walking speed (MWS), single-leg support per gait cycle, hip joint angle in the swing...Continue Reading

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Sep 19, 2019·Journal of Physical Therapy Science·Shogo NakagawaMasashi Yamazaki
Feb 3, 2021·Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation·Antonio Rodríguez-FernándezJosep M Font-Llagunes
Dec 11, 2020·Medicina·Yuki MatakiMasashi Yamazaki
Apr 4, 2021·Sensors·Seung Ki KimEun Sook Park
Jun 29, 2021·Journal of Physical Therapy Science·Mayumi Matsuda KurodaIwasaki Nobuaki

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