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Recent Trends and its Effect in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Loco-Motor Rehabilitation – A Review

Abstract

Niharika Aswal and Sanghamitra Jena

Objective: The purpose of this study is to find out the current trends and its effects in locomotor rehabilitation of individuals with incomplete spinal cord.

Methods: Articles were searched through PubMed and Google scholar (year 2016-2020) written in English literature was performed regarding recent advances in the rehabilitation technologies of incomplete SCI patients.

Results: Results of this research were according to the based on the clinical findings: Exoskeleton-assisted Gait Training (EGT), Virtual Reality (VR), Robot-Assisted Locomotor Training (RALT), Home based Virtual Reality, Dynamic weight shifting into treadmill, are currently being used.

Conclusion: As per the study, there has been advancement in rehabilitation technologies and a significant improvement was noticed in incomplete spinal cord injury patients. More clinical trials and further study is needed for better improvement.