Muscle activation during body weight-supported locomotion while using the ZeroG
Alyssa M. Fenuta, HBSc; Audrey L. Hicks, PhD
Locomotor training with body weight support has
created enthusiasm in the rehabilitation field to improve
ambulation in people with mobility impairments. The
new ZeroG system provides dynamic body weight support
using a harness during overground walking. This
study in nondisabled adults has shown that body weight
support decreases the amount of leg muscle activation
while walking overground, but the pattern of activation
during gait remains relatively the same. These results
can now be compared with data from mobilityimpaired
populations using this device to assist in the
development of more effective and functional rehabilitation
programs.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2013.01.0005
Volume 51 Number 1, 2014
Pages 51 — 58
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This article and any supplementary material should be cited as follows:
Fenuta AM, Hicks AL. Muscle activation during body weight-supported locomotion while using the ZeroG. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(1):51–58.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2013.01.0005
Fenuta AM, Hicks AL. Muscle activation during body weight-supported locomotion while using the ZeroG. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2014;51(1):51–58.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1682/JRRD.2013.01.0005
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