Stefan Hesse

TL;DR: Treadmill training offered the advantages of task-oriented training with numerous repetitions of a supervised gait pattern proved powerful in gait restoration of nonambulatory patients with chronic hemiparesis and could therefore become an adjunctive tool to regain walking ability in a shorter period of time.

TL;DR: Hesse et al. as discussed by the authors used a robotic arm trainer for bilateral exercise in daily repetitive training for a 3-week period reduced spasticity and improved motor control in severely affected, chronic hemiparetic subjects.

TL;DR: The newly developed gait trainer allows wheel-chair-bound subjects the repetitive practice of a gait-like movement without overstressing therapists and two cases of non-ambulatory patients, who regained their walking ability after 4 weeks of daily training on the gait Trainer are reported.

TL;DR: It is suggested that treadmill training with partial body-weight support could augment restoration of ambulation and other motor functions in hemiparetic patients by active and repetitive training.

TL;DR: The computerized active arm training produced a superior improvement in upper limb motor control and power compared with ES in severely affected stroke patients.