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http://www.healio.com/orthotics-prosthetics/industry-news/news/online/%7Bd50ee946-119a-439b-bf4d-c43905730eb4%7D/kessler-foundation-receives-1m-grant-to-study-ekso-bionics-exoskeleton
Kessler Foundation recently announced it will
use an Ekso Bionics exoskeleton in a grant-funded trial to develop new
applications for wearable robotic exoskeletons.
According to a press release from Ekso
Bionics, the multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) is funded by a
$1 million grant from the federal government. The project, entitled
“Robotic Exoskeleton Gait Training during Acute Stroke Rehabilitation,”
will explore the clinical, functional and neurophysiological
effectiveness of early intervention gait therapy for stroke patients
using a wearable robotic exoskeleton. The researchers will look for
evidence of improvements in functional independence measure and
neurophysiological outcomes for patients using the Ekso GT exoskeleton.
“We are encouraged by our preliminary data
demonstrating functional improvements in participants who gait train
using Ekso GT and are excited to expand our research to help further
validate our early findings,” Karen J. Nolan, PhD,
senior research scientist in Human Performance and Engineering Research
at Kessler Foundation, said in the release. “The findings of this
multicenter RCT will have the potential to make a significant impact on
the utilization of [robotic exoskeleton] technology to advance stroke
rehabilitation.”
The study will include 96 patients at Kessler
Institute for Rehabilitation who are within 2 weeks of stroke onset and
will assign participants randomly to one of three groups to receive
robotic exoskeleton care, traditional gait training/standard of care or
crossover care.
The project is one of five joint projects
conducted by Kessler Foundation and the New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT) with a $5 million federal grant from the National
Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research
entitled, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Wearable Robots
(NIDILRR #90RE5021-01-00), with $2 million designated for the
application of the Ekso GT in brain injury and spinal cord injury.
Richard Foulds, PhD, associate professor of bioengineering at NJIT, is the principal investigator. Guang Yue, PhD, director of Human Performance & Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation is the co-principal investigator.
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