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DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION-ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
卷 11, 期 7, 页码 535-547出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2015.1080766
关键词
Assistive technology; lower extremities; mobility device; paraplegia; powered exoskeleton; thoracic level injury
Purpose: Rehabilitation professionals have little information concerning lower limb exoskeletons for people with paraplegia. This study has four objectives: (1) Outline the characteristics of the exoskeletons' design and their usefulness evidence as assistive mobility devices in the community for the Rewalk (TM), Mina, Indego (R), Ekso (TM) (previously known as the eLEGS (TM)) and Rex (R); (2) document functional mobility outcomes of using these exoskeletons; (3) document secondary skills and benefits achieved with these exoskeletons, safety, user satisfaction and applicability in the community; and (4) establish level of scientific evidence of the selected studies. Method: A systematic review of the literature (January 2004 to April 2014) was done using the databases PubMed, CINAHL and Embase and groups of keywords associated with exoskeleton, lower limb and paraplegia. Results: Seven articles were selected. Exoskeleton use is effective for walking in a laboratory but there are no training protocols to modify identified outcomes over the term usage (ReWalk (TM) : 3 months, Mina: 2 months and Indego (R) : 1 session). Levels of evidence of selected papers are low. Conclusions: The applicability and effectiveness of lower limb exoskeletons as assistive devices in the community have not been demonstrated. More research is needed on walking performance with these exoskeletons compared to other mobility devices and other training contexts in the community.
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