Trexo Plus Backwards Walking with a Robotic Gait Trainer

A recent study came out in September 2021 that peaked the interest of Team Trexo and we wanted to share it with you. 👀

”12 children with cerebral palsy of GMFCS Level 1 and 2 who were ambulatory without use of an assistive device participated in this study The forward (FWG) and backward walking groups (BWG) underwent training three times a week for 4 weeks, 40 min a day.

Time-Up-and-Go (TUG) test, Figure-8 Walk Test (FW8T), and Pediatric Balance Scale (PBS) were used for measuring balance.

Results: Both groups showed significant improvement in walking speed, stride length, and step length. The BWG demonstrated significant improvement in walking speed compared with the FWG. The BWT and FWT groups showed significant differences in balance ability and spatiotemporal gait parameters after intervention.

In the inter group comparison, the Backwards group showed a more significant improvement in balance ability and walking speed parameters than the Forward group. The results of the study showed that backward walking with task-oriented training improved the balancing abilities and functional gait of children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy, more so than those observed in the Forward walking." 🤩 Shhhhh we are letting you in on a secret...our Trexo engineers and design team have been working behind the scenes and guess what? 🤫

We’ve successfully tested the backwards walking with the Trexo! Who’s just as excited as us to see more Trexo users walk backwards? Can’t wait untill we launch it to our users.

Link to Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...