title: Robot-assisted gait training in a patient with hereditary spastic paraplegia.
abstract: Robot-assisted gait training has been investigated for restoring walking through activity-dependent neuroplasticity in persons with various neurologic disorders. This case report presents the outcome of robot-assisted gait training combined with physiotherapy in a 28-year-old man with pure hereditary spastic paraplegia. The patient participated in 25 training sessions over 6 weeks. Improvements were noted in his walking speed and balance after the training, but gait kinematics and kinetics showed no remarkable changes before and after the training. Robot-assisted gait training may be useful for providing intensive gait training in patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia because the patient's walking speed and balance improved after the training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea(∗).
authors.forename: Han Gil
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea(†).
authors.forename: Byung-Mo
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea(‡). Electronic address: keewonkimm.d@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Keewon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012371:Robotics; D015419:Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*