The study intends to compare lower limb muscle activation patterns of hemi paretic subjects during real floor walking and stairs climbing up, and during the corresponding simulated conditions on the G-EO System. The muscle activation pattern of seven lower limb muscles of six hemi paretic patients during free and simulated walking on the floor and stair climbing was measured via dynamic electromyography. In addition a non-ambulatory sub-acute stroke patient was trained on the G-EO-Systems every workday for five weeks. Findings demonstrates that the muscle activation patterns were comparable during the real and simulated conditions, both on the floor and during stair climbing up and demonstrate a significant gait improvement on the single case analyzed after the G-EO training.

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