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A multidirectional gravity-assist algorithm that enhances locomotor control in patients with stroke or spinal cord injury
- Jean-Baptiste Mignardot1,2,*,
- Camille G. Le Goff1,2,*,
- Rubia van den Brand1,2,*,
- Marco Capogrosso1,2,
- Nicolas Fumeaux1,
- Heike Vallery3,
- Selin Anil1,
- Jessica Lanini4,
- Isabelle Fodor5,
- Grégoire Eberle5,
- Auke Ijspeert4,
- Brigitte Schurch6,
- Armin Curt7,
- Stefano Carda2,5,
- Jocelyne Bloch2,8,†,
- Joachim von Zitzewitz1,† and
- Grégoire 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
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Camille G. Le Goff
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Rubia van den Brand
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Marco Capogrosso
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nicolas Fumeaux
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Heike Vallery
Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
Selin Anil
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jessica Lanini
School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Isabelle Fodor
Neurorehabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Grégoire Eberle
Neurorehabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Auke Ijspeert
School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Brigitte Schurch
Neuro-urology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Armin Curt
Spinal Cord Injury Center, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Stefano Carda
Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.Neurorehabilitation, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Jocelyne Bloch
Clinical Neuroscience, University Hospital of Vaud (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.Neurosurgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Joachim von Zitzewitz
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Grégoire Courtine
Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.Neurosurgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland.
