Immediate Effects of the Honda Walking Assist on Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics in Older Adults

Mahyar Firouzi; Emma De Keersmaecker; Nina Lefeber; Stijn Jozef Roggeman; Erika Joos; Eric Kerckhofs; David Beckwée; Eva Swinnen

doi:10.1097/TGR.0000000000000384

Immediate Effects of the Honda Walking Assist on Spatiotemporal Gait Characteristics in Older Adults

Mahyar Firouzi, Emma De Keersmaecker, Nina Lefeber, Stijn Jozef Roggeman, Erika Joos, Eric Kerckhofs, David Beckwée, Eva Swinnen

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We compared changes in spatiotemporal gait parameters of 11 healthy older adults (mean age: 88.6 years) over 3 conditions of walking with the Honda Walking Assist (HWA), a hip-assistive exoskeleton. Differences in 14 gait parameters between (1) normal overground walking, (2) walking with a nonassisting HWA, and (3) optimally assisting HWA were analyzed using Friedman and Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Significant differences depending on type of assistance were found for 9 parameters. None persisted following Bonferroni corrections. Single-session individualized HWA assistance does not induce immediate changes in gait parameters. This does not contradict the potential of multiple training sessions with the HWA.

Original language	English
Article number	6
Pages (from-to)	39-46
Number of pages	8
Journal	Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Volume	39
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/TGR.0000000000000384
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2023

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The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Research Foundation Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, FWO). EDK is funded by the FWO, award No 1S58421 N. MF is funded by the FWO, award No 11G9622 N.

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