Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1606-1613 , December 2007

Comparison of Soleus H-Reflex Modulation After Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury in 2 Walking Environments: Treadmill With Body Weight Support and Overground

  • Chetan P. Phadke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Samuel S. Wu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • VA Rehabilitation Outcomes Research Center, Malcolm Randall VAMC, Gainesville, FL
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  • Floyd J. Thompson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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  • Andrea L. Behrman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
    • VA Brain Rehabilitation Research Center, Malcolm Randall VAMC, Gainesville, FL.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Andrea L. Behrman, PhD, Dept of Physical Therapy, PO Box 100154, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0154

  • Image Result

    Single raw M and H waves evoked from 1 subject with incomplete SCI (i-SCI) (who showed greatest decrease in H/M ratio in the BWSMAT environment in the swing phase) and 1 noninjured control subject.

    Single raw M and H waves evoked from 1 subject with incomplete SCI (i-SCI) (who showed greatest decrease in H/M ratio in the BWSMAT environment in the swing phase) and 1 noninjured control subject.

  • Image Result

    Persons with incomplete SCI: percentage decrease in H/M ratio while walking in BWSMAT environment compared with unassisted overground environment. In subjects 3 and 4, the H/M ratio increased in stanc

    Persons with incomplete SCI: percentage decrease in H/M ratio while walking in BWSMAT environment compared with unassisted overground environment. In subjects 3 and 4, the H/M ratio increased in stance phase, and, in subjects 2 and 5, the H/M ratio did not change in the swing phase of walking in the BWSMAT environment.

 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant no. KO1 HD01348) and VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service (grant no. F2182C).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01484-0

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.031

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1606-1613 , December 2007

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