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Preserved gait kinematics during controlled body unloading.

L Awai1,2, M Franz3, C S Easthope3

  • 1Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, 8008, Zurich, Switzerland. lea.awai@balgrist.ch.

Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation
|April 6, 2017
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Overground body weight support training allows natural walking for neurological patients. Healthy individuals maintained gait kinematics but adapted muscle activity, suggesting potential for gait rehabilitation.

Area of Science:

  • Biomechanics
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Human Locomotion

Background:

  • Treadmill training for neurological patients has limitations compared to overground walking.
  • Overground training may promote greater neural plasticity.
  • A novel body weight support system enables unrestricted overground walking.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of varying body weight support (BWS) levels on gait in healthy individuals.
  • To assess the adaptability of gait kinematics and muscle activity under unloading conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Kinematic and electromyographic data collected from 19 healthy adults during overground walking.
  • Gait analyzed at 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% body weight support.
  • Analysis included upper and lower body kinematics, joint angles, coordination, and temporal-spatial parameters.
Keywords:
Body weight supportGait patternHealthyUnloadingWalking

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Main Results:

  • Temporal gait parameters were most sensitive to unloading.
  • Spatial variables showed modest changes even at 50% body weight support.
  • Gastrocnemius activity decreased with unloading, while biceps femoris activity increased during stance phase at 50% unloading.

Conclusions:

  • Healthy individuals maintain physiological gait patterns with up to 50% body weight support.
  • Adaptation of muscle activity, particularly biceps femoris, is key to maintaining gait speed under unloading.
  • Findings suggest potential for BWS overground training in neurological rehabilitation.