In the May edition of Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair http://bit.ly/equBpT Dr. Yi-Ning Wu from Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA and Dr. Miriam Hwang from Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea study Combined Passive Stretching and Active Movement Rehabilitation of Lower-Limb Impairments in Children With Cerebral Palsy using a portable robot. The group found that Passive stretching combined with engaging in active movement training was of benefit in this pilot study for children with CP. They demonstrated improvements in joint biomechanical properties, motor control performance, and functional capability in balance and mobility.
The LegTutor and 3DTutor trains isolated and combined hip, knee and ankle movement and focusses on leg motor control in order to improve functional walking outcome.
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