Visuotemporal cues clinically improved walking ability of ambulatory patients with spinal cord injury within 5 days

Background/Objective: The human movement system uses a variety of inputs to produce movements. The concurrent use of external information, specifically visutemporal cues, while walking could promote the walking ability of ambulatory patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). This study explored the use of visutemporal cues in rehabilitation training by subjecting ambulatory individuals with SCI to walking training with or without visuotemporal cues and then assessing the effects on their functional ability.Design: Quasi-experimental study.Setting: A tertiary rehabilitation center.Participants: Thirty-two participants were randomly assigned to the experimental or control groups using stage of injury, severity of SCI, and baseline walking ability as criteria for group arrangement (16 participants/group).Interventions: The participants were trained to walk over level ground at their fastest safe speed with or without a visuotemporal cue, 30 minutes/day, for 5 consecutive days.Outcome Measures: The 10-meter walk...