naa a22 4500 510823343 CHVBK 20180411083544.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12541-013-0248-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12541-013-0248-y A preliminary study of the effects of gait training using powered gait orthosis for paraplegics: Aspects of gait function, fat mass, and bone mass [Elektronische Daten] [Gyoosuk Kim, Sungjae Kang, Kang Cho, Jeicheong Ryu, Museoung Mun, Chang-Yong Ko] The aim of this study was to determine whether gait training using powered gait orthosis (PGO) improved gait function in paraplegics following spinal cord injury (SCI) and whether it suppressed related complications. Three complete SCI patients were used as case studies and put through four months of the gait training. The parameters of gait function—namely, velocity, step length, and cadence—were evaluated by three-dimensional motion analysis. The body fat mass (BFM) and the bone mineral density (BMD) of the femur were also measured. Velocity, cadence and step length were observed to significantly improve (p = 0.026, 0.039, 0.013, respectively) after four months of PGO gait training; furthermore, there were increments in all the subjects. BFM also significantly decreased (p = 0.004), but there was no significant change in body weight (p = 0.072), although a decrease was observed in all the subjects. Moreover, no significant change in BMD was observed (p = 0.221), although there was an increment in all the subjects. These results showed that gait training using PGO contributed to not only improving gait function in SCI patients but also suppressing increase in body fat mass and bone loss. Korean Society for Precision Engineering and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 Powered gait orthosis nationallicence Unlockable knee joint nationallicence Paraplegics nationallicence Gait function nationallicence Obesity nationallicence Bone mineral density nationallicence Kim Gyoosuk Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut Kang Sungjae Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut Cho Kang Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chungnam National Hospital, 301-721, Daejeon, Korea aut Ryu Jeicheong Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut Mun Museoung Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut Ko Chang-Yong Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Springer Berlin Heidelberg 14/10(2013-10-01), 1855-1859 2234-7593 14:10<1855 2013 14 12541 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-013-0248-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-013-0248-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kim Gyoosuk Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kang Sungjae Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cho Kang Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chungnam National Hospital, 301-721, Daejeon, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ryu Jeicheong Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mun Museoung Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ko Chang-Yong Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Research Center, 420-1, Munemi-ro, Bupyeong-gu, 403-712, Incheon, South Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing Springer Berlin Heidelberg 14/10(2013-10-01), 1855-1859 2234-7593 14:10<1855 2013 14 12541 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer