ReWalk exoskeleton's health benefits touted in new study
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ReWalk Robotics CEO Larry Jasinski displays a ReWalk system at
the company's U.S. headquarters in Marlborough in February.
A new meta-study has found that 76 percent of patients involved in numerous studies of the ReWalk exoskeleton system were ultimately able to walk with no help from anyone else.
This study of the ReWalk exoskeleton system was published in the most recent edition of Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. The meta-analysis of 14 other studies found that among the 111 patients with spinal cord injury in those various studies, 76 percent were able to walk without the help of others following completion of the exoskeleton training program. The study also found there were health benefits for those using the systems, such as improvement in muscle spasticity and bowel movement regularity.
“We are pleased to see a growing acceptance and declaration of ReWalk and other exoskeleton systems as proven technologies with clear health benefits to customers,” said Larry Jasinski, Chief Executive Officer of ReWalk.
This is just the latest in a stream of studies that have supported the use of the technology pioneered by the company, with its U.S. headquarters in Marlborough.
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