Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke Sequelae

Robotic therapy has been gaining prominence in poststroke rehabilitation programs. An example of these devices is the G-EO System™, which simulates gait as well as other more complexes standards of gait such as the steps on stairs. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies that app...

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Main Authors: Fábio Marcon Alfieri, Caren da Silva Dias, Artur Cesar Aquino dos Santos, Linamara Rizzo Battistella
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Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8408492
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Caren da Silva Dias
Artur Cesar Aquino dos Santos
Linamara Rizzo Battistella
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Artur Cesar Aquino dos Santos
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description Robotic therapy has been gaining prominence in poststroke rehabilitation programs. An example of these devices is the G-EO System™, which simulates gait as well as other more complexes standards of gait such as the steps on stairs. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies that apply thermography as a tool to evaluate stroke patients who undertook rehabilitation programs with the aid of robotic devices. The patient IWPS undergoes sequelae of hemorrhagic stroke for 19 months and consequently hemiplegia, had scores of 93 points in the Fugl-Meyer scale, is undertaking a physical rehabilitation program for six months, has no complaints of discomfort due to thermic sensitivity imbalances between the plegic and the contralateral sides, and voluntarily reports that he realizes functionality improvements especially, according to his perception, due to the aid of the robotic therapy in his gait training with the G-EO System™. The thermographic images were captured by an infrared sensor FLIR T650SC. By analyzing the temperature differences between both hemispheres of the body, before, immediately after, and 30 minutes after a robotic therapy for gait training, we observed that the values firstly increased immediately after the training, but after the 30-minute rest an important thermoregulation was achieved.
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spelling doaj-art-a931e25c0ada4c6eaf37200c51a937f22025-08-20T03:39:36ZengWileyCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762019-01-01201910.1155/2019/84084928408492Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke SequelaeFábio Marcon Alfieri0Caren da Silva Dias1Artur Cesar Aquino dos Santos2Linamara Rizzo Battistella3Clinical Research Center, Instituto de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Hospital das Clinicas (HCFMUSP), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Domingo de Soto 100, Vila Mariana, 04116-030 São Paulo, SP, BrazilClinical Research Center, Instituto de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Hospital das Clinicas (HCFMUSP), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Domingo de Soto 100, Vila Mariana, 04116-030 São Paulo, SP, BrazilClinical Research Center, Instituto de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Hospital das Clinicas (HCFMUSP), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Domingo de Soto 100, Vila Mariana, 04116-030 São Paulo, SP, BrazilClinical Research Center, Instituto de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Hospital das Clinicas (HCFMUSP), Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Domingo de Soto 100, Vila Mariana, 04116-030 São Paulo, SP, BrazilRobotic therapy has been gaining prominence in poststroke rehabilitation programs. An example of these devices is the G-EO System™, which simulates gait as well as other more complexes standards of gait such as the steps on stairs. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies that apply thermography as a tool to evaluate stroke patients who undertook rehabilitation programs with the aid of robotic devices. The patient IWPS undergoes sequelae of hemorrhagic stroke for 19 months and consequently hemiplegia, had scores of 93 points in the Fugl-Meyer scale, is undertaking a physical rehabilitation program for six months, has no complaints of discomfort due to thermic sensitivity imbalances between the plegic and the contralateral sides, and voluntarily reports that he realizes functionality improvements especially, according to his perception, due to the aid of the robotic therapy in his gait training with the G-EO System™. The thermographic images were captured by an infrared sensor FLIR T650SC. By analyzing the temperature differences between both hemispheres of the body, before, immediately after, and 30 minutes after a robotic therapy for gait training, we observed that the values firstly increased immediately after the training, but after the 30-minute rest an important thermoregulation was achieved.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8408492
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Artur Cesar Aquino dos Santos
Linamara Rizzo Battistella
Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke Sequelae
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
title Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke Sequelae
title_full Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke Sequelae
title_fullStr Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke Sequelae
title_full_unstemmed Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke Sequelae
title_short Acute Effect of Robotic Therapy (G-EO System™) on the Lower Limb Temperature Distribution of a Patient with Stroke Sequelae
title_sort acute effect of robotic therapy g eo system™ on the lower limb temperature distribution of a patient with stroke sequelae
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8408492
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