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Critical Reviews™ in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

ISSN for PRINT: 0896-2960

Institutional price:	$684.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2007, Volume19

82 pages

DOI: 10.1615/CritRevPhysRehabilMed.v19.i3

Issue price - $190.00

Principles of Gait Rehabilitation and the Efficacy of Partial Body-Weight-Supported Training

Daniel J. Wilson
Exercise and Rehabilitation Biomechanics Laboratory, Ozarks Public Health Institute, 121C McDonald Arena, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897, USA

ABSTRACT

Partial body-weight-supported (BWS) gait treadmill training has gained in popularity as a rehabilitation modality for a variety of conditions in recent years. Following animal-model studies in which spinalized cats were shown to produce hind limb reciprocal stepping following BWS training, similar training has been studied for conditions ranging from amputation to traumatic brain injury in humans. This article reviews the theoretical terminology and constructs related to gait rehabilitation, as well as the efficacy of BWS applied to a variety of rehabilitation conditions.