title: Technological advances in interventions to enhance poststroke gait.
abstract: Neurologic rehabilitation interventions may be either therapeutic or compensatory. Included in this article are lower extremity functional electrical stimulation, body weight-supported treadmill training, and lower extremity robotic-assisted gait training. These poststroke gait training therapies are predicated on activity-dependent neuroplasticity. All three interventions have been trialed extensively in research and clinical settings to show a positive effect on various gait parameters and measures of walking performance. This article provides an overview of evidence-based research that supports the efficacy of these three interventions to improve gait, as well as providing perspective on future developments to enhance poststroke gait in neurologic rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. lsheffler@metrohealth.org
authors.forename: Lynne R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Sheffler
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chae
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005684:Gait; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*