A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke

Louis N. Awad; Jaehyun Bae; Kathleen O’Donnell; Stefano M. M. De Rossi; Kathryn Hendron; Lizeth H. Sloot; Pawel Kudzia; Stephen Allen; Kenneth G. Holt; Terry D. Ellis; Conor J. Walsh

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aai9084

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A soft robotic exosuit improves walking in patients after stroke

Louis N. Awad¹,²,³,*,
Jaehyun Bae¹,³,*,
Kathleen O’Donnell¹,³,
Stefano M. M. De Rossi¹,³,
Kathryn Hendron²,
Lizeth H. Sloot¹,
Pawel Kudzia¹,
Stephen Allen¹,
Kenneth G. Holt²,
Terry D. Ellis²,† and
Conor J. Walsh¹,³,†

¹Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
²Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
³Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 60 Oxford Street, Suite 403, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

↵†Corresponding author. Email: tellis{at}bu.edu (T.D.E.) and walsh{at}seas.harvard.edu (C.J.W.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Translational Medicine 26 Jul 2017:
Vol. 9, Issue 400, eaai9084
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aai9084

Louis N. Awad

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 60 Oxford Street, Suite 403, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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Jaehyun Bae

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 60 Oxford Street, Suite 403, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

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Kathleen O’Donnell

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Stefano M. M. De Rossi

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Kathryn Hendron

Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

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Lizeth H. Sloot

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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Pawel Kudzia

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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Stephen Allen

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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Kenneth G. Holt

Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

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Terry D. Ellis

Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

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For correspondence: tellis@bu.eduwalsh@seas.harvard.edu

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For correspondence: tellis@bu.eduwalsh@seas.harvard.edu

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