Context: We sought to describe our experience with the Hybrid Assistive Limb® (HAL®) for active knee extension and voluntary ambulation with remaining muscle activity in a patient with complete paraplegia after spinal cord injury.
Findings: A 30-year-old man with complete paraplegia used the HAL® for 1 month (10 sessions) using his remaining muscle activity, including hip flexor and upper limb activity. Electromyography was used to evaluate muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, tensor fascia lata, quadriceps femoris, and hamstring muscles in synchronization with the Vicon motion capture system. A HAL® session included a knee extension session with the hip flexor and voluntary gait with upper limb activity. After using the HAL® for one month, the patient’s manual muscle hip flexor scores improved from 1/5 to 2/5 for the right and from 2/5 to 3/5 for the left knee, and from 0/5 to 1/5 for the extension of both knees.
Conclusion/clinical relevance: Knee extension sessions with HAL®, and hip flexor and upper-limb-triggered HAL® ambulation seem a safe and feasible option in a patient with complete paraplegia due to spinal cord injury. 相似文献
Interest in inguinal hernia surgery has increased significantly with the introduction of new operating techniques during
the past decade. This multicenter study compared short-term results in patients treated by the laparoscopic transabdominal
preperitoneal patch technique (TAPP; n=518) and the Shouldice technique (n=524). We evaluated demographics, operative data, complications, hospital stay, postoperative pain, use of analgesics, functional
status, sick leave, and complaints up to 3 months postoperatively. The median operating time was shorter in the Shouldice
group (55 vs. 65 min), but there were no significant differences in complication rates, and major complications were rare.
The hospital stay was 1 day or less in over 98% of cases in both groups, but more operations were performed on outpatient
basis in the Shouldice group. In the TAPP group postoperative pain and analgesic consumption were less, postoperative functional
status was better, and sick leave was shorter (10 vs. 14 days). These results show that the two methods are equally safe and
have few major complications. The TAPP operation is associated with less postoperative pain, better postoperative functional
status, and shorter sick leave, but at the price of a longer operating time.
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