Walking improvement in chronic incomplete spinal cord injury with exoskeleton robotic training (WISE): a randomized controlled trial.
Dylan J EdwardsGail ForrestMar CortesMargaret M WeightmanCristina L SadowskyShuo-Hsiu ChangKimberly FurmanAmy BialekSara ProkupJohn CarlowLeslie VanHielLaura KempDarrell MusickMarc CampoArun JayaramanPublished in: Spinal cord (2022)
Twelve weeks of exoskeleton robotic training in chronic SCI participants with independent stepping ability at baseline can improve clinical ambulatory status. Improvements in raw gait speed were not statistically significant at the group level, which may guide future trials for participant inclusion criteria. While generally safe and tolerable, larger gains in ambulation might be associated with higher risk for non-serious adverse events.