**Role of Gait Training in Recovery of Standing and Walking in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury Walking in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury**

**Role of Gait Training in Recovery of Standing and** 

DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.71312

Mokhtar Arazpour, Guive Sharifi, Mohammad Ebrahim Mousavi and Maryam Maleki Mohammad Ebrahim Mousavi and Maryam Maleki

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.71312

Mokhtar Arazpour, Guive Sharifi,

#### **Abstract**

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Gait training has an important role in rehabilitation of standing and walking in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. There were different types of gait training in these subjects. Both the body weight support treadmill training and robotic-assisted and robotic exoskeleton are effective and secure methods for gait training and improving the energy demand and metabolic cost in SCI patients in different level of injury. The powered exoskeletons can provide patients with SCI the ability to walk with the lowest energy consumption. The powered exoskeleton's energy consumption and speed of walking depend on the training duration. Based on different types of gait training methods, training time, and other affected parameters, the aim of this chapter was to evaluate the role of gait training in recovery of standing and walking in SCI patients.

**Keywords:** spinal cord injury, gait training, standing, walking
