Functional Neurorehabilitation - The Locomotor Quadrupedal Animal Training Adapted to the Bipedal Human

Abstract

This article intends to be based on the similarities between the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the quadrupedal animal and bipedal human. Through this standard explain the locomotor training of functional neurorehabilitation to both. And also demonstrate the importance of bipedal locomotor training and quadrupedal locomotor training, making the conversion of the quadrupedal locomotor training of the quadruped animal to human biped, and also demonstrate the importance of electromyostimulation and laser therapy. In the article we conclude that the functional neurorehabilitation (FNR) should be applied as soon as possible within the limitation of spinal diseases, stroke or Parkinson's disease, repeatedly and progressively involving the three types of training proprioceptive, fortification and resistance to obtain an improved mobility. With our article we also considered that more robotic locomotor training should be applied in both areas of medicine, both human and animal, looking as an evidence model the dog and cat.

Intensive Functional Neurorehabilitation and Follow-up of 84 Paraplegic Dogs Affected by Intervertebral Disc Disease

“…Evidence of FNRIP e cacy has been reported by various studies (Côté et al, 2018). Such ndings indicate that multidisciplinary protocols can enable neural reorganization associated with synaptogenesis, and support the introduction of locomotor training as a primary rehabilitation modality (Lavrov et al, 2006;Martins, 2015;Mehrholz et al, 2012Mehrholz et al, , 2017. During the present study, 67 dogs regained functionality and 57 achieved an OFS of 13, with only conscious/sub-conscious proprioceptive de cits.…”

“…Re ex conditioning protocols, such as locomotor training, promote motor function restoration (Wolpaw, 2006;Chen et al, 2010;Thompson & Walpow, 2014a, 2014b, 2015. Furthermore, neuronal plasticity, owing to neurogenesis, gene activation, dendritic modi cations, and changes in physiological properties, as well as glial and vascular plasticity (Wolpaw, 2010) probably to some degree also promote the restoration of motor function secondary to sodium-channel voltage activation (Wolpaw, 2007).…”