What do ReWalkers mean when they say that the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton is “more than walking”? This week’s highlighted clip features Lucy Dodd, a ReWalk user in the UK, as she describes some of the benefits that she experiences as a result of her regular exoskeleton use at home and in her community, including improvements […]
As a clinician, one of the patient complaints we most often find ourselves trying to help solve is that of chronic pain; and in the case of patients that have survived spinal cord injury (SCI), this can be an especially intense and pervasive issue. Pain after SCI After spinal cord injury pain is a frequent complication with approximately half to two-thirds of patients suffering from […]
In Episode 23, Rebecca Martin, OTR/L, OTD from the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute highlights some of the challenges that clinicians face in achieving high volumes of repetitions during activity-based rehab following neurological injury, and introduces some techniques for combining modalities like NMES or movement biofeedback in order to […]
Wie wirkt sich die regelmäßige Nutzung eines Exoskeletts auf die Zusammensetzung der Körpermasse von Menschen mit Querschnittlähmung aus? Schauen Sie sich diesen Clip an, um den VA-Forscher Pierre Asselin zu hören, der einige seiner kürzlich veröffentlichten Forschungsergebnisse zur Messung der Stoffwechselaktivität während der Exoskelettnutzung und der anschließenden Verringerung der Gesamtkörperfettmasse bei regelmäßigen Exoskelettnutzern erläutert. […]
Topics in NeuroRehabilitation – Episode 22. Hear stories from four home and community exoskeleton users as they each discuss what the process was like to go through training and transition from the clinic to the home and community environment. Each user shares a unique perspective and offers insights from their experience to provide tips for […]
In Episode 19 gibt Pierre Asselin, MS, vom James J. Peters VA Medical Center in Bronx, NY, einen detaillierten Überblick über einige der metabolischen und physiologischen Reaktionen, die seine Forschungsgruppe in einer Analyse von US-Veteranen, die regelmäßige Exoskelett-Nutzer sind, festgestellt hat.