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Study design:

Case series, and repeated assessments of the same individuals.

Objective:

To demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of a multiweek intervention on walking function in people with chronic, incomplete spinal cord injuries.

Setting:

Rehabilitation hospital for spinal cord injury (SCI) in Toronto, Canada.

Methods:

A convenience sample of five subjects with chronic, incomplete SCI trained for 12–18 weeks using a new multichannel neuroprosthesis for walking. The following outcome measures were recorded throughout the training period: walking speed, step frequency and average stride length based on a 2-min walk test. Also identified were which walking aids and orthoses subjects preferred to use, and whether they employed a step-to or step-through gait strategy. Follow-up measurements of three subjects were made up to 10 weeks after treatment.

Results:

All subjects demonstrated significant …