New technologies in rehabilitation: plantar imitator of bearing load for patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome

Abstract

Guillain-Barre syndrome often requires administration in intensivecare unit but is associated with good prognosis. That usuallymeans partial or full regress of motor impairment. However,we found that many reconvalescents after Guillain-Barre syndromewere suffering from different sensory disorders for a longperiod of time. The analysis of the sensory impairment inpatients with severe forms of Guillain-Barre syndrome showeddiscordance between the results of clinical examination andneurophysiological tests. We also found that some kind of sensoryloss was present in patients with pure motor form. In thisarticle we review our experience of treatment with plantar imitatorof bearing load which seems positive in correction of sensorydisturbances in patients with severe forms of Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Keywords

• guillain-barre syndrome
• sensory disorders
• “korvit”
• sensory loss
• plantar imitator