Overview
People who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction may benefit from locomotor training. Locomotor training is an activity-based therapy to help improve and recover walking movement through challenged practice and lower extremity weight bearing.
You may benefit from therapy to recover locomotor abilities if you're experiencing:
- Impaired movement and sensations
- Difficulty walking
- Difficulty participating in daily living activities
Locomotor training devices and techniques may vary depending on where you receive your therapy. Options include:
- A robot-assisted body-weight-support treadmill system (Lokomat)
- Body-weight-support treadmill training
- Body-weight-support overground training, which is done off the treadmill
- Overground activities, such as walking or standing
- Functional electrical stimulation