| Balance and Ambulation Improvements in Individuals With Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Using Locomotor Training-Based Rehabilitation. | |
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PMID: 21777905 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Harkema SJ, Schmidt-Read M, Lorenz D, Edgerton VR, Behrman AL. Balance and ambulation improvements in individuals with chronic incomplete SCI using locomotor training-based rehabilitation. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of intensive locomotor training on balance and ambulatory function at enrollment and discharge during outpatient rehabilitation after incomplete SCI. DESIGN: Prospective observational cohort. SETTING: Seven outpatient rehabilitation centers from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation NeuroRecovery Network (NRN). PARTICIPANTS: Patients (N=196) with American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS) grade C or D SCI who received at least 20 locomotor training treatment sessions in the NRN. INTERVENTIONS: Intensive locomotor training, including step training using body-weight support and manual facilitation on a treadmill followed by overground assessment and community integration. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Berg Balance Scale; Six-Minute Walk Test; 10-Meter Walk Test. RESULTS: Outcome measures at enrollment showed high variability between patients with AIS grades C and D. Significant improvement from enrollment to final evaluation was observed in balance and walking measures for patients with AIS grades C and D. The magnitude of improvement significantly differed between AIS groups for all measures. Time since SCI was not associated significantly with outcome measures at enrollment, but was related inversely to levels of improvement. CONCLUSIONS: Significant variability in baseline values of functional outcome measures is evident after SCI in individuals with AIS grades C and D and significant functional recovery can continue to occur even years after injury when provided with locomotor training. These results indicate that rehabilitation, which provides intensive activity-based therapy, can result in functional improvements in individuals with chronic incomplete SCI. |
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Susan J Harkema; Mary Schmidt-Read; Douglas Lorenz; V Reggie Edgerton; Andrea L Behrman |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-7-19 |
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Title: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation Volume: - ISSN: 1532-821X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-7-22 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985158R Medline TA: Arch Phys Med Rehabil Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Kentucky Spinal Cord Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville; Frazier Rehab Institute, Louisville, KY. |
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