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.

Saturday, June 7, 2014

Gait training early after stroke with a new exoskeleton - the hybrid assistive limb: a study of safety and feasibility

I'm sure your therapist will already know about and be comparing this to the others out there.
 http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/11/1/92/abstract

Anneli Nilsson, Katarina Skough Vreede, Vera Häglund, Hiroaki Kawamoto, Yoshiyuki Sankai and Jörgen Borg
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Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2014, 11:92  doi:10.1186/1743-0003-11-92
Published: 2 June 2014

Abstract (provisional)

Background

Intensive task specific training early after stroke may enhance beneficial neuroplasticity and functional recovery. Impaired gait after hemiparetic stroke remains a challenge that may be approached early after stroke by use of novel technology. The aim of the study was to investigate the safety and feasibility of the exoskeleton Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) for intensive gait training as part of a regular inpatient rehabilitation program for hemiparetic patients with severely impaired gait early after stroke.

Methods

Eligible were patients until 7 weeks after hemiparetic stroke. Training with HAL was performed 5 days per week by the autonomous and/or the voluntary control mode offered by the system. The study protocol covered safety and feasibility issues and aspects on motor function, gait performance according to the 10 Meter Walking Test (10MWT) and Functional Ambulation Categories (FAC), and activity performance.

Results

Eight patients completed the study. Median time from stroke to inclusion was 35 days (range 6 to 46). Training started by use of the autonomous HAL mode in all and later switched to the voluntary mode in all but one and required one or two physiotherapists. Number of training sessions ranged from 6 to 31 (median 17) and walking time per session was around 25 minutes. The training was well tolerated and no serious adverse events occurred. All patients improved their walking ability during the training period, as reflected by the 10MWT (from 111.5 to 40 seconds in mean) and the FAC (from 0 to 1.5 score in median).

Conclusions

The HAL system enables intensive training of gait in hemiparetic patients with severely impaired gait function early after stroke. The system is safe when used as part of an inpatient rehabilitation program for these patients by experienced physiotherapists.

The complete article is available as a provisional PDF. The fully formatted PDF and HTML versions are in production.


Other possibilities:
A TED talk by Eythor Bender of Berkeley Bionics on HULC and eLEGS
O maybe one of these three.


Advanced exoskeleton promises more independence for people with paraplegia
Or This Indego device 

Or

LOPES Robotic Exoskeleton Helps Stroke Victims Walk Again

Or

‘Exoskeleton’ Helps Paralyzed Stand, Take Steps

Or

Walk Again Project

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