Feasibility of overground exoskeleton gait training during inpatient rehabilitation after severe acquired brain injury.

Objective: To describe the safety, feasibility, and tolerability of overground exoskeleton gait training (OEGT) integrated into clinical practice for patients after severe acquired brain injury (ABI).

Setting: Inpatient rehabilitation hospital.

Participants: Eligible patients with severe ABI met the following criteria: age > 18, medically stable, met exoskeleton frame limitations, and a score of ≤ 3 on the motor function portion of the Coma Recovery Scale - Revised (CRS-R).

Utilization of overground exoskeleton gait training during inpatient rehabilitation: a descriptive analysis.

Background: Overground exoskeleton gait training (OEGT) after neurological injury is safe, feasible, and may yield positive outcomes. However, no recommendations exist for initiation, progression, or termination of OEGT. This retrospective study highlights the clinical use and decision-making of OEGT within the physical therapy plan of care for patients after neurological injury during inpatient rehabilitation.

Intensity of overground robotic exoskeleton training in two persons with motor-complete tetraplegia: a case series.

Introduction: Participation in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) is recommended to reduce chronic disease risk in individuals with tetraplegia. Assessing exercise intensity using traditional methods, such as heart rate, may be inaccurate in patients with motor-complete tetraplegia due to autonomic and neuromuscular dysfunction. Direct gas analysis may be more accurate.

Intensity of usual care physical therapy during inpatient rehabilitation for people with neurologic diagnoses.

Background: Early, intense rehabilitation is essential to promote recovery after stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), and traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, intensity of usual care rehabilitation interventions during inpatient rehabilitation are poorly characterized.

Objective: To describe the intensity of usual care rehabilitation interventions completed during the subacute phase of recovery from neurologic injury.

The utilization of an overground robotic exoskeleton for gait training during inpatient rehabilitation-single-center retrospective findings.

Overground robotic exoskeleton gait training is increasingly utilized during inpatient rehabilitation yet without clear guidelines. We describe clinical characteristics associated with robotic exoskeleton gait training and examine outcomes of people with spinal cord injury and stroke who completed usual rehabilitation care with or without robotic exoskeleton gait training. Retrospective review of medical records over a 36 months period.

The impact of a patient-directed activity program on functional outcomes and activity participation after stroke during inpatient rehabilitation-a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Individuals post stroke are inactive, even during rehabilitation, contributing to ongoing disability and risk of secondary health conditions. Our aims were to (1) conduct a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a "Patient-Directed Activity Program" on functional outcomes in people post stroke during inpatient rehabilitation and (2) examine differences three months post inpatient rehabilitation discharge.

Design: Randomized control trial.

Improving practice with integration of patient directed activity during inpatient rehabilitation.

Background: Early initiation of rehabilitation following stroke promotes better long-term outcomes than delayed onset, emphasizing the importance of inpatient therapy. However, literature indicates that following stroke individuals in inpatient rehabilitation spend the majority of their day in their bedroom and inactive. Consequently, since amount of functional activity is posited to relate to outcomes, the current rehabilitation model needs to be challenged with innovative solutions to maximize recovery.