title: Gait-like vibration training improves gait abilities: a case report of a 62-year-old person with a chronic incomplete spinal cord injury.
abstract: The purpose of this single-subject case study was to quantify the effect of gait-like vibration training on gait abilities after an incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). A 62-year-old male with a chronic American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale D SCI at T11 completed nine sessions of gait-like vibration training in a standing position. Self-selected gait speed and distance covered within 6 min were determined before and after training to evaluate the impact of training on gait performance. Associated changes in gait kinematics were assessed with a three-dimensional motion analysis system. Results showed an improvement of gait speed (0.26 vs 0.35 m s-1) and distance (23 vs 37 m) after nine gait-like vibration training sessions (+34.6%; +60.9%). In addition, more bilateral hip extension and larger left hip range of motion improved hip-knee cyclograms. Gait-like vibration training improved gait abilities in a person with chronic incomplete SCI.
authors.affiliation: Pathokinesiology Laboratory, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Institut de Réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal (IRGLM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada; School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
authors.affiliation: Pathokinesiology Laboratory, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Institut de Réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal (IRGLM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada; School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Dany H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.affiliation: Pathokinesiology Laboratory, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR), Institut de Réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal (IRGLM), Montréal, Quebec, Canada; School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-5788-2396
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duclos
keywords: Central pattern generators