Deans' stroke musings: The effects of robot-assisted gait training using virtual reality and auditory stimulation on balance and gait abilities in persons with stroke

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

The effects of robot-assisted gait training using virtual reality and auditory stimulation on balance and gait abilities in persons with stroke

So was this enough to write a protocol? If not how are you going to distribute this to all 10 million yearly stroke survivors? Or are you stupid enough to think just writing it in a research journal is all you need to do? Your job is NOT DONE until it is effectively used in those stroke patients that can use it.

The effects of robot-assisted gait training using virtual reality and auditory stimulation on balance and gait abilities in persons with stroke

NeuroRehabilitation , Volume 43(2) , Pgs. 227-235.

NARIC Accession Number: J79800. What's this?
ISSN: 1053-8135.
Author(s): Park, Jaeho; Chung, Yijung.
Publication Year: 2018.
Number of Pages: 9.
Abstract: Study investigated the effects of robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) using virtual reality and auditory stimulation on balance and gait abilities in stroke patients. Forty subjects were randomly divided into three groups: 12 subjects were in the virtual reality robot-assisted gait training group (VRGT), 12 were in the auditory stimulation robot-assisted gait training group (ARGT), and 16 were in the control group. Intervention subjects received virtual reality and auditory stimulation while undergoing RAGT for 45 minutes, three times a week for 6 weeks. The control group performed general gait training using a treadmill and all subjects underwent general physical therapy for 30 minutes, five times a week for 6 weeks. All subjects were evaluated before and after intervention. Muscle strength was assessed with the Medical Research Council (MRC). Balance and gait abilities were evaluated using the Berg balance scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go test (TUG), and 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT). The Fugl-Myer Assessment (FMA) measured motor impairment and the Modified Barthel Index (MBI) assessed performance in activities of daily living. Results showed post-intervention MRC, BBS, TUG, 10MWT and FMA scores significantly improved in the VRGT and ARGT, and the control group also had significantly improved in all areas after treatment (except for MBI). The MRC and FMA showed a greater significant increase in VRGT compared to ARGT. However, there was a significant difference in the results when comparing VRGT and ARGT with the control group. RAGT was found to be effective in enhancing the functional activity of people with stroke.
Descriptor Terms: AMBULATION, AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DAILY LIVING, EQUILIBRIUM, MOBILITY TRAINING, MOTOR SKILLS, OUTCOMES, PHYSICAL THERAPY, POSTURE, REHABILITATION TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTICS, STROKE.

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Citation: Park, Jaeho, Chung, Yijung. (2018). The effects of robot-assisted gait training using virtual reality and auditory stimulation on balance and gait abilities in persons with stroke. NeuroRehabilitation , 43(2), Pgs. 227-235. Retrieved 12/19/2018, from REHABDATA database.