title: Body weight-supported treadmill training versus conventional gait training for people with chronic traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare body weight support treadmill training (BWSTT) to conventional overground gait training (COGT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomized controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Residential rehabilitation center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty subjects with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI).
  
  
  METHODS
  The BWSTT or COGT for 15 minutes plus 30 minutes of exercise 2 days per week, for 3 months.
  
  
  METHODS
  Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), Functional Reach (FR), Timed Up and Go; gait velocity, step width (BOS) and step length differential using instrumented gait mat.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Step width approached the norm without between-group differences. Step length differential improved significantly more for the COGT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physical therapy can improve gait for patients more than 6 years post-TBI. The COGT is more effective than the BWSTT for improving gait symmetry during overground walking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Beechwood Rehabilitation Services, Langhorne, PA 19047, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mount
authors.forename: Bethany L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rouland
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kautz
authors.forename: Renee M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Jihye
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D020208:Brain Injury, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005080:Exercise Test; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016474:Weight-Bearing