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Bioengineering

Training Persons with Spinal Cord Injury to Ambulate Using a Powered Exoskeleton
Pierre K. Asselin 1, Manuel Avedissian 1, Steven Knezevic 1, Stephen Kornfeld 2, Ann M. Spungen 1
1Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation Research and Development National Center of Excellence for the Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 2Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Spinal Cord Injury Service, James J. Peters VA Medical Center

Training a person with paralysis to ambulate using a powered exoskeleton may present challenges. The goals are to present the candidate selection criteria and the training procedures for exoskeletal-assisted walking and other mobility skills that can be progressed as the participant's skill level improves.

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