TITLE:
Evaluation of Patients Who Received Robotic Therapy after Spinal Cord Injuries
AUTHORS:
Murat Baloglu
KEYWORDS:
Oswestry Disability Index, Robotic Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation,
Vol.8 No.4,
November
27,
2020
ABSTRACT: Background: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the robotic device used
in lower limb rehabilitation to reduce motor impairment and improve motor
performance in patients with traumatic spinal injury. Methods: The data were obtained by retrospective analysis of patients who
underwent lower extremity rehabilitation after traumatic spinal injury by
robot-assisted rehabilitation in the hospital between December 2017 and
December 2019. The results were statistically analyzed and shown as mean ± SD
(min-max). Results: A total of 51 patients with mean age of 59.51 ± 8.2 (38 - 72) were
admitted to the clinic. Mean ages of thirty-one male patients and twenty
females patients were 58.74 ± 8.88 (38 - 77) and 60.7 ± 7.09 (44 - 72),
respectively. Comparing ages in terms of gender, it was not statistically
significant (p = 0.441). Body mass indexes of male patients were 32.84 ± 6.52
(20 - 48) and 31.4 ± 7.73 (18 - 48) for females. Body mass index of patients
was not statistically significant in terms of their gender (p = 0.478).
Oswestry disability index scores were 32.04 ± 10.74 (16 - 58) before treatment
and 30.69 ± 10.31 (15 - 55) after treatment. Oswestry disability index values
before and after robotic rehabilitation were statistically significant (p Conclusions: The motor function gains obtained during the robot-assisted treatment of
traumatic spinal injury patients showed robotic device was useful in the
training program. Robotic rehabilitation was effective in the improvement of
the lower extremities during motor examination.