Why the study?
Does walking with an automated stride assistance system alter glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle in young males?
Population
10 young males
Comparison
Walking with an automated stride assistance… vs Walking without the automated stride assistance…
Design
Other
Authors
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FDG-PET detects SAS effects on muscle metabolism in small cohorts; leaves open clinical translation for gait assistance.
Does walking with an automated stride assistance system alter glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle in young males?
FDG PET can successfully visualize and quantify regional skeletal muscle glucose metabolism changes induced by a stride assistance system during walking.
Shimada et al. (2007) studied this question.
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