Pérez ZR, Granados SJC, León HSR, Martín del Campo AS

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 111-118
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ABSTRACT

Antecedent: Experimental spinal cord injury cats underwent locomotion trained with Partial Weight Support, it was noted the recovery of capability for walk. Some authors demonstrate that human spinal cord react to input of sensory information, like a experimental pattern of gait. The technique is the same in human than animals, through manual assistance on Partial Weight Support while patient try to walk on a treadmill. The generation of locomotion is attribute to Central Pattern Generators, that works in the spinal cord. Spinal cord injury patients trained with Partial Weight Support reported a improve in locomotion. Material and method: 10 patients with incomplete spinal cord injury, were trained on Partial Weight Support and treadmill, about 25 minutes, 3 days per week, 30 sessions. Results: In the 3 scales we used to evaluate the gait, the Quality of Gait scale was significant. The Functional Independence scale was tend to be significant. The Able to Walk scale it was not significant. It were correlate between all of them. Conclusions: This technique promise a training option to functional recovery of the gait, as objective than practice and very encouraging to incomplete spinal cord injury patients.

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