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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
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.
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.
Kathleen O’Donnell
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.
Stefano M. M. De Rossi
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.
Kathryn Hendron
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Lizeth H. Sloot
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Pawel Kudzia
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Stephen Allen
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Kenneth G. Holt
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Terry D. Ellis
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, Boston University, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Conor J. Walsh
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.
