RESTORATION OF FUNCTIONAL GAIT IN PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS WITH THE RGO-IIHYBRID ORTHOSIS - A MULTICENTER CONTROLLED-STUDY .1. CLINICAL-EVALUATION

Authors
THOUMIE P PERROUINVERBE B LECLAIRE G BEDOISEAU M BUSNEL M CORMERAIS A COURTILLON A MATHE JF MOUTET F NADEAU G TANGUY E BEILLOT J DASSONVILLE J BUSSEL B
Citation
P. Thoumie et al., RESTORATION OF FUNCTIONAL GAIT IN PARAPLEGIC PATIENTS WITH THE RGO-IIHYBRID ORTHOSIS - A MULTICENTER CONTROLLED-STUDY .1. CLINICAL-EVALUATION, Paraplegia, 33(11), 1995, pp. 647-653
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Orthopedics
Journal title
Paraplegia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311758
Volume
33
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
647 - 653
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1758(1995)33:11<647:ROFGIP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
By means of a multicentric study in six rehabilitation centres, we ass essed the RGO-II orthosis to restore functional gait in patients with spinal cord injuries. The 26 subjects participating in the study had s pastic complete paraplegia. Twenty one had progressed to the training programme and 19 were able to stand up alone. The trained subject's wa lking distance ranged from 200 to 1400m, while their walking speed ran ged from 0.15 to 0.45 ms(-1) A 2-month follow-up study revealed that, out of 15 patients using the hybrid orthosis, 11 were home users. Moda lities and adverse effects of training are reported. The place of gait restoration with a hybrid orthosis in a rehabilitation programme is d iscussed.