Title
Partial weight-bearing gait retraining for persons following traumatic brain injury: preliminary report and proposed assessment scale
Abstract
The objectives of this investigation were to (1) document the recovery patterns of walking ability in two patients recovering from traumatic brain injury receiving partial weight-bearing gait retraining, and (2) introduce a new assessment scale of gait progress for patients receiving partial weight support therapy. The two patients were categorized as acute (< 6 months) and chronic (> 2 years) injury. Each patient received extensive in-patient rehabilitation, including physical therapy designed with twice-weekly partial body support gait training. The subjects made improvements in all measured indicators of gait ability (i.e. muscle strength, spasticity, standing balance). However, assessment of their improvement using standard assessment scales showed little progress. The newly devised Missouri Assisted Gait (MAG) scale, which includes developmental components of gait ability measured dramatic gains. This added precision of measurement was useful in communicating progress to both patients and providers.
Department(s)
Kinesiology
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/02699050110103922
Publication Date
2002
Recommended Citation
Wilson, Daniel J., and Jason L. Swaboda. "Partial weight-bearing gait retraining for persons following traumatic brain injury: Preliminary report and proposed assessment scale." Brain injury 16, no. 3 (2002): 259-268.
Journal Title
Brain injury
