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Kitamura G, Nankaku M, Kikuchi T, Nishi H, Tanaka H, Nishikawa T, Yonezawa H, Kajimoto T, Kawano T, Ohtagaki A, Mashimoto E, Miyamoto S, Ikeguchi R, Matsuda S. Effect of gait distance during robot training on walking independence after acute brain injury. Assist Technol 2023:1-6. [PMID: 36441850 DOI: 10.1080/10400435.2022.2151664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This study aimed to determine whether the distance of gait training using a hybrid assistive limb (HAL) is related to the improvement of walking independence in patients with acute brain injury. This was an exploratory, observational study. Thirty patients having hemiplegia (functional ambulation category, FAC score ≤2) with acute stroke or after brain tumor surgery were included. Patients performed 4 sessions of gait training using HAL (60 min/session), 1-3 sessions/week, combined with conventional physical therapy. The gait distance achieved in the four training sessions using HAL was measured. FAC score was measured before and after intervention. Patients were divided into groups A, B, and C, for FAC score improvements of 0, 1, and ≥2, respectively. Gait distance was compared among groups using one-way analysis of variance. Gait distance in group C was significantly longer than that ingroup A [mean (standard deviation): 2527 (1725) m vs. 608 (542) m]. This study suggested that the gait distance achieved during training using the HAL may be a clinical indicator of the effectiveness of the HAL on gait training in patients with acute brain injury.Clinical trial registration number: UMIN000012764 R000014756.
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- Gakuto Kitamura
- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Rehabilitation Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Maegaki Y, Maeoka Y, Ishii S, Eda I, Ohtagaki A, Kitahara T, Suzuki N, Yoshino K, Ieshima A, Koeda T, Takeshita K. Central motor reorganization in cerebral palsy patients with bilateral cerebral lesions. Pediatr Res 1999; 45:559-67. [PMID: 10203149 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199904010-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been used to describe cortical plasticity after unilateral cerebral lesions. The objective of this study was to find out whether cortical plasticity occurs after bilateral cerebral lesions. We investigated central motor reorganization for the arm and leg muscles in cerebral palsy (CP) patients with bilateral cerebral lesions using TMS. Seventeen patients (12 with spastic diplegia, 1 with spastic hemiplegia, and 4 with athetoid CP) and 10 normal subjects, were studied. On CT/MRI, bilateral periventricular leukomalacia was observed in all spastic patients with preterm birth. In two normal subjects, motor responses were induced in the ipsilateral tibialis anterior, but no responses were induced in any normal subject in the ipsilateral abductor pollicis brevis (APB) or biceps brachii (BB). Ipsilateral responses were more common among CP patients, especially in TMS of the less damaged hemisphere in patients with marked asymmetries in brain damage: in 3 abductor pollicis brevis, in 6 BBs, and in 15 tibialis anteriors. The cortical mapping of the sites of highest excitability demonstrated that the abductor pollicis brevis and BB sites in CP patients were nearly identical to those of the normal subjects. In patients with spastic CP born prematurely, a significant lateral shift was found for the excitability sites for the tibialis anterior. No similar lateral shift was observed in the other CP patients. These findings suggest that ipsilateral motor pathways are reinforced in both spastic and athetoid CP patients, and that a lateral shift of the motor cortical area for the leg muscle may occur in spastic CP patients with preterm birth.
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- Y Maegaki
- Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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Ohtagaki A, Maeoka Y, Shiota M, Koeda T. [A case of learning-disabled child with a white matter lesion in the left parietal lobe]. No To Hattatsu 1998; 30:69-74. [PMID: 9436412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We reported a learning-disabled boy, 7-year-old and right handedness, who was similar to developmental Gerstmann syndrome. Dyscalcuria, right-left disorientation, dysgraphia and finger agnosia were correlated with his sequential disorder which was clearly presented by Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children. In this case, a small infarcted lesion was found in the white matter near the left semioval center on MRI. Hypoperfusion of left parietal lobe was also detected by SPECT. The hemisphere dominant in language was assumed to be on the left side by dichotic listening test. We suggested that left parietal lesion was associated with his higher cortical dysfunction.
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- A Ohtagaki
- Division of Child Neurology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine
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A 15-year-old boy presenting with epilepsy, optic atrophy and intracranial calcifications was diagnosed as having metaphyseal dysplasia by bone X-ray examinations. The patient had no laboratory data suggesting other metabolic or endocrinologic disorders. In addition, CT scans showed unique intracranial calcifications of the corpus callosum and periventricular and subcortical white matter, which were distinct from those of previously reported disorders. This case may represent a unique subset or a new type of metaphyseal dysplasia associated with intracranial calcifications and central nervous system symptoms.
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- A Ohtagaki
- Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago city, Japan
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