Stroke Survivors Walk Better After Human-assisted Rehabilitation

Saturday, May 10, 2008 - 17:28 in Health & Medicine

Therapist-assisted walking rehabilitation showed greater improvements in walking ability in ambulatory stroke survivors compared to robotic-assisted therapy. Post-stroke patients in both groups improved their walking ability, but the amount of improvement in the physical therapist-assisted group was greater. Robotic devices may be best reserved for acute stroke patients who have no ability to walk on their own.

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