Neurobiology of Disease Spinal Cord Injury and Rege

4/5/2007

Partial Body Weight-Supported Treadmill Training
(Courtesy B. Dobkin, MD, UCLA)

•Patients with partial SCI

•Start with 70% body wt support

•Therapists enforce proper leg and hip positioning

•Daily sessions (30 min)

•Gradually reduce % wt support and increase duration of session

•Not known:

·Optimum duration and frequency of training

·Need for “booster” sessions

·Long term benefit

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