Deans' stroke musings: Japan beats the US to it - Cyberdyne Hal robotic exoskeleton to help paralyzed

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Japan beats the US to it - Cyberdyne Hal robotic exoskeleton to help paralyzed

Not only could I see using this to help us walk but it could be used to get arm swinging working again as part of walking. I have no arm swing at all. 8 pictures at the link.
http://www.computerweekly.com/photostory/2240108388/Photos-Cyberdyne-Hal-robotic-exoskeleton-to-help-paralyzed/7/Japan-beats-the-US-to-it-Cyberdyne-Hal-robotic-exoskeleton-to-help-paralyzed

HAL stands for hybrid assistive limb - Cyberdyne Hal robotic exoskeleton to help paralyzed

Japan beats the US to it - Cyberdyne Hal robotic exoskeleton to help paralyzed
The U.S. military has been trying to develop robotic exoskeletons for decades to help soldiers carry heavy loads or move at high speeds.
8 pictures at the link. I would have loved something like this, it would prevent my leg from swinging out and be a lot more useful than the Lokomat.

Compare this to
the Esko exoskeleton
the Walk Again Project
the HULC exoskeleton system ready for soldier tests
Or maybe the Delta6 Accelerator from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Your therapist will know all about these. Hah!