Cardiopulmonary responses to active and electrically stimulated stepping, with robotics assistance in early-stage spinal cord injury

Craven, C.D.T., Gollee, H. , Purcell, M. and Allan, D.B. (2010) Cardiopulmonary responses to active and electrically stimulated stepping, with robotics assistance in early-stage spinal cord injury. In: 15th Annual Conference of the International FES Society, Vienna, Austria, 8-12 Sep 2010,

Abstract

Subsequent co-factors such as low blood pressure and muscle atrophy lead to a decrease in cardiopulmonary fitness. It is proposed here that the introduction of an appropriate training program during the early stage of injury may attenuate this loss of fitness. This work examined the cardiopulmonary responses of three motor complete and three motor incomplete spinal cord injured subjects to a number of robotics-assisted stepping exercises. Subjects participated in periods of passive, active and electrically stimulated stepping. Increases in a number of cardiopulmonary parameters were observed with some subjects, in response to these exercises. These results show that those with an incomplete SCI may benefit from this form training during the acute phase of injury.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gollee, Dr Henrik
• Authors: Craven, C.D.T., Gollee, H., Purcell, M., and Allan, D.B.
• Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Biomedical Engineering

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