Clinical Utility of Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Caused by El… (NCT05883917) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Clinical Utility of Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury Caused by Electrical Burns: A Case Report
2 participantsStarted 2023-06-15
Plain-language summary
Robot-assisted gait training has been effective in several diseases. Nevertheless, evidence supporting the efficacy of such training in burn patients remains insufficient. This report aimed to evaluate the effect of robot-assisted gait training in burn patients with spinal cord injuries caused by electrical trauma.
We will report a case of two patients who underwent 30 min of robot-assisted gait training using SUBAR® (Cretem, Korea) with 30 min of conventional physiotherapy, 5 days a week for 12 weeks.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years – 75 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* electrical burn
* spinal cord injury
* aged \> 18 years
* aged \<75 years
* ≤ 1 functional ambulation category (FAC) score of ≤3
Exclusion Criteria:
* had fourth-degree burns (involving muscles, tendons, and bone injuries)
* had musculoskeletal diseases (fracture, amputation, rheumatoid arthritis, and degenerative joint diseases) involving the burned lower extremity.
* cognitive disorders
* intellectual impairment before burn injury
* serious cardiac dysfunction
* skin disorders that could be worsened by RAGT
* severe pain who were unable to undergo rehabilitation programs
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