Effects of a robotic walking exercise on walking performance in community‐dwelling elderly adults

Background:  Reduced gait speed and stride length are characteristic of gait in elderly people and increase their dependency on assistance. We developed a robotic stride assistance system (SAS) to automatically control the walk ratio during walking. Our aim was to quantify the effects of a walking exercise with the SAS on walking performance and glucose metabolism during walking in community‐dwelling elderly adults.

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