Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is helping children and teens recovering from injuries or disorders that have hindered their motor skills through the use of Esko Bionics' patented technology.
Here are seven notes:
1. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is the first pediatric hospital in the United States to offer patients enhanced neuro-rehabilitation services through this technology.
2. Esko — a wearable robot will be incorporated into the facility's Center for Advanced Technology and Rehabilitation to offer the latest technology to enhance children and teens' motor skills.
3. Patients suffering from lower-extremity paralysis or weakness will be able to stand and walk with minimal assistance when utilizing the exoskeleton.
4. The exoskeleton will help the body relearn proper step patterns and weight shifts while also giving therapists immediate feedback from each step the patient takes. This feedback will reveal how much work the machine is doing in comparison to the patient.
5. Joshua Vova, MD, medical director of rehabilitation services at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, states neuroplasticity will help patients recovering from a stroke, brain injuries and spinal cord injuries in learning to walk again with a proper gait pattern. This will help reduce compensatory behaviors.
6. The machine will help patients perform vital repetitive movements in various ways, helping the brain and spinal cord work together to increase strength, coordination, function and independence.
7. Nate Harding, CEO and co-founder of Esko Bionics, believes their partnership with Children's is a further indication of their mutual commitment to augment human capability.
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