Physiological Responses in Robotic Neurorehabilitation

Effects of Robotic Neurorehabilitation With Lokomat on Physiological Responses in Neurological Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Robotic rehabilitation is very useful for improving functional recovery in neurological patients, there is not much evidence on its role in improving physiological responses (i.e. intestinal motility, orthostatic pressure), which are often abnormal in these patients.

To this end, we designed a randomized controlled experimental study on neurological patients, with the aim of evaluating the effects of robotic neurorehabilitation using Lokomat on physiological responses, compared to traditional therapy.

Inclusion criteria: diagnosis of neurological disease; age between 18 and 75; and Caucasian ethnicity; a FIM motor score equal to or greater than 30.

Exclusion criteria: patients with a history of concomitant brain surgery; severe cognitive or language impairment; systemic, bone or joint disorders; presence of disabling sensory alterations; concomitant medical and psychiatric illness that could interfere with VR training.