Treadmill walking with body weight support

Treadmill training and body weight support for walking after stroke.

BACKGROUND Treadmill training, with or without some body weight supported using a harness, is a method of treating walking after stroke. A systematic review is required to assess the cost, effectiveness, and acceptability of this treatment. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of treadmill training and body weight support, individually or in combination, in the treatment of walking after st...

Randomized Trial of Treadmill Walking With Body Weight Support to Establish Walking in Subacute Stroke

Background and Purpose—The main objective of this randomized trial was to determine whether treadmill walking with body weight support was effective at establishing independent walking more often and earlier than current physiotherapy intervention for nonambulatory stroke patients. Methods—A randomized trial with concealed allocation, blinded assessment, and intention-to-treat analysis was cond...

Analysis of partial body weight support during treadmill and overground walking of children with cerebral palsy.

OBJECTIVE to analyze the spatial-temporal characteristics and joint angles during overground walking without body weight support (BWS) and with 0% and 30% BWS, and during treadmill walking with the same BWS in children with cerebral palsy. METHODS six children with hemiplegic and spastic cerebral palsy (7.70 ± 1.04 years old) were videotaped during overground walking at a comfortable speed wi...

Randomized trial of treadmill walking with body weight support to establish walking in subacute stroke: the MOBILISE trial.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The main objective of this randomized trial was to determine whether treadmill walking with body weight support was effective at establishing independent walking more often and earlier than current physiotherapy intervention for nonambulatory stroke patients. METHODS A randomized trial with concealed allocation, blinded assessment, and intention-to-treat analysis was co...

Treadmill training and/or body weight support may not improve walking ability following stroke.