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Locomotor Training: Major Elements of PT Intervention
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Prep for Locomotor Training
- • Bridging
• Quadruped
• Sitting
• Sit to stand
• Kneeling & half kneeling
• Modified plantigrade
• standing
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Parallel Bar Progression
- • Moving from sitting to standing & reverse
• Standing balance & LOS training
• Stepping, sidestepping, cross stepping
• Use of appropriate gait pattern, forward progression & turning
• Moving from sitting to standing & reverse, with AD
• Standing balance & weight shifting activities with AD
• Use of AD for fwd progression & turning
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Indoor Bar Progression
- • Walking forward & backward
• Resisted progression
• Sidestepping & cross stepping
• Breeding
• Stairclimbing
• Falling techniques
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Outdoor Overground Progression
- • Opening doors & passing through threshold that lead outdoors
• Curb climbing; negotiating ramps, stairs & sloped surfaces
• Walking on even & uneven surfaces
• Walking within imposed timing requirements
• Use of open community environment; outside doors & thresholds
• Entering/exiting transportation vehicles
• Use of elevators, revolving doors
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Locomotor Training using BWS & Motorized TM
- • Walking on TM using BWS progressing to no BWS
• Production of local motor rhythm: slow speed progression to faster speeds
• For propulsion of body
• Dynamic balance control of moving body
• Reciprocal stepping patterns: assisted movements to unassisted
• Strategies to improve speed, symmetry & endurance
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Indoor Overground Progression Using BWS
- • Indoor walking on level surfaces with BWS progressing to no BWS
• Use of AD for ambulation on level surfaces
• Elevation activities: step ups
• Opening doors & passing through doorways
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Preparatory Exercises for Locomotor Training
- Bridging, Pelvic Elevation
- Quadruped Posture
- Sitting
- Sit-to-Stand
- Kneeling & Half-kneeling
- Modified Plantigrade
- Standing
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Locomotor Training Strategies
- Parallel Bar Progression
- Indoor Overground Progression
- Outdoor Overground Progression
- Locomotor Training Using BWS & Motorized TM
- Overground Locomotor Training Using BWS
- Locomotor Training Using Assistive Devices
- Adjunct Training Devices