Exoskeleton therapy could help improve mobility, cognition and brain connectivity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a team of MS experts at Kessler Foundation suggests, in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders.
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Physical intervention plans that include walking, not just standing, may enhance multiple measures of bowel function, according to the findings of new research.
Washington [US], May 30 (ANI): Exoskeleton therapy improves mobility, cognition and brain connectivity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to the findings of a new study.
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IMAGE: A research participant in the MS pilot study does exercise training in the Ekso NR at Kessler Foundation. view more
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East Hanover, NJ. May 28, 2021. A team of multiple sclerosis (MS) experts at Kessler Foundation led the first pilot randomized controlled trial of robotic-exoskeleton assisted exercise rehabilitation (REAER) effects on mobility, cognition, and brain connectivity in people with substantial MS-related disability. Their results showed that REAER is likely an effective intervention, and is a promising therapy for improving the lives of those with MS.
The article, A pilot randomized controlled trial of robotic exoskeleton-assisted exercise rehabilitation in multiple sclerosis, (doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102936) was published on April 4, 2021, by
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East Hanover, NJ. May 28, 2021. A team of researchers has shown that physical intervention plans that included exoskeleton-assisted walking helped people with spinal cord injury evacuate more efficiently and improved the consistency of their stool. This finding was reported in Journal of Clinical Medicine on March 2, 2021, in the article “The Effect of Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking on Spinal Cord Injury Bowel Function: Results from a Randomized Trial and Comparison to Other Physical Interventions” (doi: 10.3390/jcm10050964).
The authors are Peter H. Gorman, MD, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Gail F. Forrest, PhD, of Kessler Foundation’s Tim and Caroline Reynolds Center for Spinal Stimulation, Dr. William Scott, of VA Maryland Healthcare System, Pierre K. Asselin, MS, Stephen Kornfeld, MD, Eunkyoung Hong, PhD, and Ann M. Spungen, EdD, of the James J. Peters VA Medical Center.