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Training leads to increased neuronal excitability, decreased inhibition and different types of neuronal plasticity. Most studies focus on cortical plastic changes after cerebral lesions or in healthy humans. In this study, we investigate cortical excitability and plastic changes after a three month period of HAL® exoskeleton supported treadmill training in patients with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury by means of electrophysiological measurements and functional magnetic resonance imaging. Here we report preliminary results of four patients.
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Sczesny-Kaiser, M. et al. (2013). Neurorehabilitation in Chronic Paraplegic Patients with the HAL® Exoskeleton – Preliminary Electrophysiological and fMRI Data of a Pilot Study. In: Pons, J., Torricelli, D., Pajaro, M. (eds) Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_99
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