Perturbed-balance Training During Treadmill Walking for Stroke Subjects
Perturbed-balance Training During Treadmill Walking for Stroke Subjects
A control and a post-stroke subject with right-side chronic hemiparesis were studied. The
 post-stroke subject underwent 30 sessions of balance-perturbed training while walking on an
 instrumented treadmill where the Balance Assessment Robot (BAR™) randomly delivered pushes to
 pelvis in various directions at various speeds and at various perturbation amplitudes. The
 investigators assessed kinematics, kinetics, electromiography and spatio-temporal responses
 to outward-directed perturbations commencing either at foot contact of the left or the right
 leg.
For a detailed description of the study, see the Arms and Interventions section.
Inclusion criteria:

 -  Case: community-dwelling, high-functioning stroke survivor

 -  Control: healthy volunteer, height- and weight-matched to the Case

 Exclusion criteria:

 -  any disease or injury affecting cognition

 -  any disease or injury affecting balance or gait