A multidirectional gravity-assist algorithm that enhances locomotor control in patients with stroke or spinal cord injury

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aah3621
• Publication Date: 2017-07-19T20:05:20Z
• Authors: Jean-Baptiste Mig...; Camille G. Le Goff; Rubia van den Brand; Marco Capogrosso; Nicolas Fumeaux; Heike Vallery; Selin Anil; Jessica Lanini; Isabelle Fodor; Grégoire Eberle; Auke Ijspeert; Brigitte Schurch; Armin Curt; Stefano Carda; Jocelyne Bloch; Joachim von Zitze...; Grégoire Courtine
• Keywords: Stroke Rehabilitation; 610 Medicine & health; 2700 General Medicine; Robotics; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; 10046 Balgrist University Hospital, Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Center; Gait; Algorithms; Locomotion; Spinal Cord Injuries

A robotic harness optimizing gravity-dependent gait interactions enables natural locomotion across activities of daily living in people with spinal cord injury or stroke.