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A multidirectional gravity-assist algorithm that enhances locomotor control in patients with stroke or spinal cord injury
- View ORCID ProfileJean-Baptiste Mignardot1,2,*,
- View ORCID ProfileCamille G. Le Goff1,2,*,
- View ORCID ProfileRubia van den Brand1,2,*,
- Marco Capogrosso1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileNicolas Fumeaux1,
- View ORCID ProfileHeike Vallery3,
- View ORCID ProfileSelin Anil1,
- View ORCID ProfileJessica Lanini4,
- View ORCID ProfileIsabelle Fodor5,
- View ORCID ProfileGrégoire Eberle5,
- Auke Ijspeert4,
- View ORCID ProfileBrigitte Schurch6,
- Armin Curt7,
- View ORCID ProfileStefano Carda2,5,
- View ORCID ProfileJocelyne Bloch2,8,†,
- View ORCID ProfileJoachim von Zitzewitz1,† and
- View ORCID ProfileGrégoire Courtine1,8,†,‡
- 1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 2Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 3Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
- 4School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 5Neurorehabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 6Neuro-urology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 7Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 8Neurosurgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- ↵‡Corresponding author. Email: gregoire.courtine{at}epfl.ch
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Science Translational Medicine 19 Jul 2017:
Vol. 9, Issue 399, eaah3621
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aah3621
Vol. 9, Issue 399, eaah3621
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aah3621
Jean-Baptiste Mignardot
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
2Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Camille G. Le Goff
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
2Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Rubia van den Brand
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
2Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Marco Capogrosso
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
2Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nicolas Fumeaux
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Heike Vallery
3Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Selin Anil
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jessica Lanini
4School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Isabelle Fodor
5Neurorehabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Grégoire Eberle
5Neurorehabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Auke Ijspeert
4School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Brigitte Schurch
6Neuro-urology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Armin Curt
7Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Stefano Carda
2Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
5Neurorehabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jocelyne Bloch
2Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
8Neurosurgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Joachim von Zitzewitz
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Grégoire Courtine
1Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
8Neurosurgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
