Improved walking capacity after complementary ankle-foot surgery and gait training in a person with an incomplete tetraplegia; a case report.

Introduction: The population of people with a spinal cord injury (SCI) is changing to a diverse population with an increasing number of incomplete lesions. Often, these individuals have the capacity to walk, but experience disabling gait impairments.

Case Presentation: The course of a 34-year-old male with a chronic incomplete traumatic cervical SCI who initially could walk no more than a few steps with supervision or a wheeled walker is described.

The effect of limited sensory information on exoskeleton performance in people with complete spinal cord injury.

Despite the absence of somatosensory information from the lower extremities, people with complete spinal cord injury (SCI) can maintain postural stability in an exoskeleton. This is partly because humans are able to reweigh the relative dependence on each of the senses. However, when the sensory environment is changed, people with complete SCI are limited in their ability to reweigh their sensory organization towards more dependence on somatosensory information.

Improvement of quality of life after 2-month exoskeleton training in patients with chronic spinal cord injury.

Objective: To examine changes in quality of life (QoL) after an eight-week period of robotic exoskeleton training in a homogeneous group of patients with chronic complete spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design: Prospective single-group pre-post study.

Setting: Rehabilitation center.

Detection and Analysis of Syntenic Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Cell Wall Quality in Angiosperms.

Translational genomics can enable a quicker improvement of orphan crops toward novel agricultural applications, including the advancement of orphan biomass species for cultivation on marginal lands. In this sense, cell wall quality is a preeminent breeding target. However, tools to efficiently project genetic data on target traits across large sets of species are currently missing.

Case Report: Description of two fractures during the use of a powered exoskeleton.

Introduction: Powered robotic exoskeletons are a promising solution to enable standing and walking in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Although training and walking with an exoskeleton in motor complete SCI patients is considered safe, the risks of unexpected (technical) adverse events and the risk of fractures are not fully understood. This article reports the occurrence of two different cases of bone fracture during exoskeleton usage.