Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3449576 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Here we report an unexpected course of locomotor recovery in an individual with chronic incomplete SCI. Through RLT at physiologic walking speeds, it was possible to activate the central pattern generator even 16 months postinjury. Further, to a certain degree, improvements from RLT transferred to overground walking. Our results suggest that LT-induced changes affect the central pattern generator and allow supraspinal inputs to engage residual spinal pathways.
Keywords
International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord InjuryRLTISNCSCIAISAsiaSpinal cord injuriesSpinal cord injuryLocomotor trainingelectromyogramEMGMRIAmerican Spinal Injury AssociationRecovery of functionMagnetic resonanceMagnetic resonance imagingRehabilitationLocomotionsciAmerican Spinal Injury Association Impairment ScaleNeurophysiology
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Authors
Martina R. PT, MPTSc, Jeffrey P. PT, MS, Andrea L. PT, PhD, Jeffrey K. MD, Carolynn PhD, PT,