Robotic aid helped improve balance, gait in children with cerebral palsy
For many kids with cerebral palsy, walking is taxing. They might spend thousands of hours step-stepping in physical therapy to make walking easier. In recent years researchers have developed robots to aid this rehabilitation.
A new JAMA Network Open study from a team in South Korea found that exoskeletons can improve a child’s gait, balance and motor function. This randomized clinical trial, which had about 90 children participating, is one of the largest studies to test the efficacy of robot-assisted gait training. Studies investigating robotic rehabilitation in kids are typically quite limited, said Chandramouli Krishnan, who directs the Neuromuscular and Rehabilitation Robotics Laboratory at University of Michigan.
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