Robot-Assisted Gait Training with Trexo Home

Robotic gait training has the potential to improve secondary health conditions for people with severe neurological impairment. The purpose of this study was to describe who is using the Trexo robotic gait trainer, how much training is achieved in the home and community, and what impacts are observed after the initial month of use. In this prospective observational single-cohort study, parent-reported questionnaires were collected pre- and post-training. Of the 70 participants, the median age was 7 years (range 2 to 24), 83% had CP, and 95% did not walk for mobility. Users trained 2-5 times/week. After the initial month, families reported a significant reduction in sleep disturbance ( p = 0.0066). Changes in bowel function, positive affect, and physical activity were not statistically significant. These findings suggest that families with children who have significant mobility impairments can use a robotic gait trainer frequently in a community setting and that sleep significantly improves within the first month of use. This intervention holds promise as a novel strategy to impact multi-modal impairments for this population. Future work should include an experimental study design over a longer training period to begin to understand the relationship between training volume and its full potential

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