Science Nation   /     Helping stroke survivors walk as normally as possible

Summary

A major issue in rehabilitation robotics is that devices such as exoskeletons and treadmills correct patients' movements only while they are using the device. Gelsy Torres-Oviedo, who has a doctorate in biomedical engineering and is the director of the Sensorimotor Learning Lab at the University of Pittsburgh, hopes to change that.

Subtitle
Research team focuses on "locomotor learning" for lasting rehabilitation
Duration
03:49
Publishing date
2018-05-18 22:49
Contributors
  National Science Foundation
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