Development of novelneurorehabiIi tat ion to restore locomotorfunction after spinal cord injury

点击翻译按钮获取中文摘要

The purpose of this project is to develop a novel neuro rehabilitation approach to restore locomotor function after spinal cord injury. We paid attention to an enhancement of spinal central pattern generator (CPG) which is an important element for the generation of locomotive motor outputs. We found that combination of robotic gait assist and additional voluntary commands suitably enhanced the phase modulation of lower limb muscle activities. We also found that the degree of spasticity was gradually decreased with the time course of 12 weeks of gait training. These results provide useful information for establishing a novel and an effective neuro-rehabilitation approaches for the restoration of gait function after spinal cord injury.