No Slowing Down with an Ankle Exoskeleton
An optimized ankle exoskeleton system increased participants' walking speed by about 40% compared with their regular speed, according to Stanford University researchers.
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New Measurement Method Aims to Ensure Smooth and Fluid Exoskeleton Fit
Exoskeletons could cause wearers pain or injury if they don't fit properly. A new measurement method designed to test fit and fluidity aims to ensure that does not happen.
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Walk Faster and Farther Post-Stroke with This
Researchers from Harvard University and Boston University explain, in IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (OJEMB), how soft exosuit technology could help bring immediate improvements in walking speed and endurance tests among stroke survivors with chronic hemiparesis.
Ekso Bionics Debuts EksoUE Exoskeleton for Upper Body Rehab Use
Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc announces the expansion of its medical exoskeleton portfolio with an upper extremity rehabilitation device called EksoUE.
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Equipment Ensemble
Rehab therapists share their top equipment choices for conditioning and training that help their patients achieve the greatest gains. Compiled by Debbie Overman, associate editor of Rehab Management.
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EksoGT Users Have Walked Around the World Twice, Company Estimates
Via the worldwide adoption of its EksoGT exoskeleton, stroke and spinal cord injury patients have been able to take 100 million steps to date—the equivalent of 50,000 miles, or the distance of walking around the world twice, Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc estimates.
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Connecting Care for Stroke Patients
Therapists use activity, technology, and evidence-based guidelines to deliver treatment that rewires motor pathways. A feature for the November/December 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Meri K. Slaugenhaupt, MPT, and Valerie Bucek, MA, CCC-SLP/L.
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Myomo Inc Receives New Medicare HCPCS Codes for MyoPro System
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published two new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) “L” codes for Myomo Inc’s MyoPro System of wearable medical robotics.
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Targeted Stim Gets SCI Patients Walking Within 1 Week
Three patients with chronic paraplegia were reportedly able to walk over ground thanks to precise electrical stimulation of their spinal cords via a wireless implant. A study from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland details the research.
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Robotic Arm Features Integrated Technologies Designed for Self-Help Rehab
Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have designed a robotic arm that they suggest could help facilitate self-help and upper-limb mobile rehabilitation for stroke patients.
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REHACARE 2018 Scheduled for September 26-29
REHACARE 2018, the International Trade Fair for Rehabilitation and Care, will take place September 26 to 29 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Walk On: Decision Making for Functional Ambulation
Clinical decision-making for restoring gait after spinal cord injury guides the use of therapeutic technologies for reaching patient goals. A feature for the July/August 2018 issue of Rehab Management by Tracy Oostema, PT, DPT, and Kristina Simpson, PT, MSPT.
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Brooks Rehabilitation Introduces FDA-Cleared HAL Robotic SCI Treatment
The FDA-cleared HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) robotic SCI treatment device, developed by Japan-based Cyberdyne Inc, is now available in the United States via a partnership with Brooks Rehabilitation.
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Wearable Robot Provides Artificial Muscle Power
A collaborative research team from Shinshu University in Japan has designed a wearable robot to support a person’s hip joint while walking. Details of their prototype are published in Smart Materials and Structures.
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Mobility Unlimited Challenge Aims to Encourage Development of Mobility Options
Toyota Mobility Foundation, in partnership with Nesta’s Challenge Prize Centre, has launched the $4 million Mobility Unlimited Challenge to develop mobility options for people with lower-limb paralysis.
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ReWalk Robotics Introduces Exoskeleton Designed for Stroke Patients
ReWalk Robotics Ltd, in collaboration with Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biological Inspired Engineering, recently introduced their prototype of a soft suit exoskeleton designed to assist stroke survivors.
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Parker Hannifin Releases Therapy+ Software Suite for the Indego Exoskeleton
Parker Hannifin Corp’s Human Motion and Control Business Unit announces the European release of the Therapy+ Software Suite for its Indego exoskeleton.
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Lower-Limb Robot Exoskeleton Aims to Assist in Gait Rehab
Researchers from China and Denmark have developed a wearable lower-limb robot exoskeleton designed to help aid the gait rehabilitation of stroke and spinal cord injury patients.
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