Robot-assisted gait training for patients with spinal cord injury

Abstract

Regaining one’s ability to walk is of great importance in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients, and it is the major goal of all rehabilitation programs. In recent years, several pharmacological treatments and rehabilitative approaches have been initiated to enhance the locomotion capacity of SCI patients. Robot-assisted gait training is re-education of the gait movements in a functional and task-oriented way through robotic systems. It has been suggested that this method be combined with other rehabilitation approaches to yield better results in SCI rehabilitation.