Effect on Gait Pattern During Robot Assisted Gait Training (RAGT) of End-effector Type in Burn Patients

Morning Walk® is a new end-effector type robot developed by Hyundai Heavy Industries and Taeha Mechatronics for lower limb rehabilitation in the patients with gait disturbance.The RAGT group received RAGT with robot training for 30 minutes and conventional physiotherapy for 30 minutes per session.

The control group received conventional physiotherapy for 60 minutes per session. Conventional physiotherapy consisted of 30 minutes of therapist-assisted gait and balance training and 30 minutes of strengthening exercises. The both group patients received five training sessions per week for 8 weeks (a total of 40 sessions).