Cardiac Function and Fatigue During Exoskeleton-Assisted Sit-to-Stand Maneuver and Walking in People with Stroke with Moderate to Severe Gait Disability: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Wearable powered exoskeletons could be used to provide robotic-assisted gait training (RAGT) in people with stroke (PwST) and walking disability. The study aims to compare the differences in cardiac function, fatigue, and workload during activities of daily living (ADLs), while wearing an exoskeleton.

Methods: Five PwST were recruited in this pilot cross-sectional study.

Walk Longer! Using Wearable Inertial Sensors to Uncover Which Gait Aspects Should Be Treated to Increase Walking Endurance in People with Multiple Sclerosis.

Reduced walking endurance is common in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), leading to reduced social participation and increased fall risk. This highlights the importance of identifying which gait aspects should be mostly targeted by rehabilitation to maintain/increase walking endurance in this population. A total of 56 PwMS and 24 healthy subjects (HSs) executed the 6 min walk test (6 MWT), a clinical measure of walking endurance, wearing three inertial sensors (IMUs) on their shanks and lower back.

Exploring the effectiveness of circuit training rehabilitation on balance, gait, and fatigue in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: People with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) often experience imbalance, gait dysfunction, and fatigue. Circuit Training (CT) can be viable for improving balance, gait, and fatigue in MS. To the author's knowledge, no studies have systematically reviewed the existing literature evaluating the effectiveness of CT in PwMS.

Effects of sudden, passive muscle shortening according to Grimaldi's method on patients suffering from multiple sclerosis: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the short-term effect of a therapeutical approach called "Grimaldi's method." The authors hypothesized that Grimaldi's method would improve active muscle recruitment. The treatment was focused on hip abductors.

Trunk control in unstable sitting posture during functional activities in healthy subjects and patients with multiple sclerosis.

Objective: To examine trunk stability in unstable sitting posture in 2 different functional activities.

Design: A randomized crossover design.

Setting: Rehabilitation center in Italy.