Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability and Physiological Cost Index on Different Gait Rehabilitation Patterns

• Main Authors: Po-ying Lai, 賴柏穎
• Other Authors: 蔡昆宏
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56258900440779293863

碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 機電系統工程研究所碩士班 === 99 === The previous study showed variable individual responses to the rehabilitation session in stroke patients. The cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients exhibited an exaggerated vagal response. The aim of the study was to evaluate the heart rate variability and physiological cost index during the overground, treadmill, elliptical and exoskeleton robot gait training. All subject walking on the four gait training condition for 10 minutes, respectively. The results showed that exoskeleton robot was similar to the other gait training condition in autonomic response. The overground, treadmill, elliptical are limited because a number of therapists are required to manually facilitate the step training. Three or more therapists have to place the paretic limb during the swing phase and to shift the patient''s weight onto the stance limb. The exoskeleton robot reduce therapists’ labor burden on the Clinical.