TY - JOUR AU - Phongamwong, Chanwit AU - Rowe, Philip AU - Chase, Karen AU - Kerr, Andrew AU - Millar, Lindsay PY - 2019 DA - 2019/08/22 TI - Treadmill training augmented with real-time visualisation feedback and function electrical stimulation for gait rehabilitation after stroke: a feasibility study JO - BMC Biomedical Engineering SP - 20 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - Stroke rehabilitation often uses the motor relearning concept that require patients to perform active practice of skill-specific training and to receive feedback. Treadmill training augmented with real-time visualisation feedback and functional electrical stimulation may have a beneficial synergistic effect on motor recovery. This study aims to determine the feasibility of this kind of enhanced treadmill training for gait rehabilitation among patients after stroke. A system for dynamic visualisation of lower-limb movement based on 3-dimentional motion capture and a computer timed functional electrical stimulation system was developed. Participants received up to 20-min enhanced treadmill training instead of their over-ground gait training once or twice a week for 6 weeks at Coathill hospital, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom. Number of training sessions attended, and training duration were used to assess feasibility. Ankle kinematics in the sagittal plane of walking with and without functional electrical stimulation support of the pre-tibial muscles were also compared and used to confirm the functional electrical stimulation was triggered at the targeted time. SN - 2524-4426 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s42490-019-0020-1 DO - 10.1186/s42490-019-0020-1 ID - Phongamwong2019 ER -