Archiving of the study Retraining Walking Over Ground in a Powered Exoskeleton After Spinal Cord Injury
Jaynie Yang PT, PhD
Professor,
Department of Physical Therapy
University of Alberta
General Description
The Retraining Walking Over Ground in a Powered Exoskeleton After Spinal Cord Injury study was a prospective cohort study using the ReWalk powered exoskeleton to train people with chronic, severe spinal cord injury to walk. Researchers were able to determine training dosage required for walking proficiency in the device, the sensory motor changes in the nervous system induced by the training, the functionality of the device in a home-like environment, and the participants’ perspective on the device and training. There are increasing numbers of small trials published with respect to the use of powered exoskeletons for over ground walking. Since these trials are very time consuming to complete, and each study has a small number of participants, depositing these data in a publically available database will allow meta-analyses across studies in the future.