Brain injuries are a significant cause of loss of movement. It has been shown that physical therapy can help patients to regain movements. The purpose of this study is to see if it is possible to perform a new exercise program that will help patients regain movement. This new exercise program will involve practicing walking, stairs, jumping and running. Participation in this study will involve physical therapy 1 to 2 times a week for 12 visits over 6 to 8 weeks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
28
will practice the following skills as needed: bed mobility, transfer, walking, and stairs.
The program will consist of interventions at the impairments level with an emphasis on core strengthening, functional lower extremity strengthening, balance and endurance training, and at the skill acquisition level. Participants will learn pre-running skills (walking, stairs with handrail, walking backward, walking over obstacles, walking on toes, stairs without handrail, bounding), running skills (force generation in vertical plane: hopping, alternate hopping, running in place in gravity minimized position and against gravity; force generation in horizontal plane: bounding, alternate bounding, open chain movement for swing phase, running) and post running skills (running forward, backward, sideways, skipping, hopping).
NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, United States
Recruitment Feasibility
measured by the number of individuals who consent to participate.
Time frame: 2 Years
Training feasibility
Measured by the number of sessions attended by each participant.
Time frame: 2 Years
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