Overview
- Objective assessment of clinical symptoms, mobility and quality of life changes resulting from stroke and determination of changes resulting from therapies.
- Assessment of the rehabilitation effectiveness of traditional treadmill training.
- Assessment of the rehabilitation effectiveness of gait training performed on a treadmill with a robot-assisted soft-exoskeleton.
- Assessment of the rehabilitation effectiveness of treadmill training supplemented with virtual and augmented reality.
- Determination of the joint application possibilities of robot-assisted and virtual and augmented reality treadmill training in order to further increase the effectiveness.
- Comparison of the effectiveness of different treadmill trainings.
- Mapping of changes in gait patterns due to therapies using 3D motion analysis.
- Mapping of changes in postural stability due to therapies using posturography.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- has had a first ischemic stroke diagnosed by a neurologist based on CT or MRI;
- neurological examination shows mobility and postural limitations;
- mRS score of 2 or higher;
Exclusion Criteria:
- multiple strokes in the medical history;
- systolic blood pressure less than 120 or greater than 160 mmHg;
- orthostatic hypotension;
- carotid artery stenosis;
- severe heart disease;
- hemophilia;
- traumatic brain injury;
- seizure disorder; untreated diabetes;
- abnormal electroencephalography;
- Mini Mental Test score \< 22;
- abnormal blood panel;
- use of sedatives; irregular medication;
- severe aphasia (Western Aphasia Battery ≤ 25);
- severe vision or hearing impairment;
- severe sensory dysfunction;
- severe orthopedic problem;
- other neurological condition affecting motor function;
- alcoholism;
- drug use;
- smoking after stroke diagnosis;
- inability to walk at least 100 m with or without assistive devices in 6 minutes;
- BBS score ≤ 32;
- BI score ≤ 70;
- inability to understand verbal instructions or signals on a television screen;
- current participation in an individual or group exercise program outside of standard physiotherapy;