Current scientific studies to exoskeleton therapy with Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL)

Fukuda H., Morishita T., Ogata T. et al

Tailor-made Rehabilitation Approach Using Multiple Types of Hybrid Assistive Limb Robots for Acute Stroke Patients: A Pilot Study.

Assist Technol. 2015 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26478988

Schlüsselwörter: hybrid assistive limb; neurorehabilitation; physical impairment; robot; stroke rehabilitation

Sczesny-Kaiser M., Höffken O., Aach M. et al

HAL® exoskeleton training improves walking parameters and normalizes cortical excitability in primary somatosensory cortex in spinal cord injury patients

J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2015 Aug 20;12:68. DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0058-9.
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/12/1/68

Yoshimoto T., Shimizu I., Hiroi Y. et al

Feasibility and efficacy of high-speed gait training with a voluntary driven exoskeleton robot for gait and balance dysfunction in patients with chronic stroke: nonrandomized pilot study with concurrent control.

Int J Rehabil Res. 2015 Aug 18. [Epub ahead of print]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26288120

Fukuda H., Samura K., Hamada O. et al

Effectiveness of Acute Phase Hybrid Assistive Limb Rehabilitation in Stroke Patients Classified by Paralysis Severity.

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2015;55(6):487-92. DOI: 10.2176/nmc.oa.2014-0431. Epub 2015 Jun 2.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26041627

Aach M., Meindl R.C., Geßmann J. et al

Exoskelette in der Rehabilitation Querschnittgelähmter – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen

Unfallchirurg. 2015 Feb;118(2):130-7. DOI: 10.1007/s00113-014-2616-1.
http://www.springermedizin.de/exoskelette-in-der-rehabilitation-querschnittgelaehmter/5573242.html

Schlüsselwörter: Lokomotiontraining; Gangunterstützung; Anwendungsgebiete; Motorische Restfunktionen; Neuropathische Schmerzen

Aach M., Cruciger O., Sczesny-Kaiser M. et. al

Voluntary driven exoskeleton as a new tool for rehabilitation in chronic spinal cord injury: a pilot study

Spine J. 2014 Dec 1;14(12):2847-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.03.042.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24704677

Schlüsselwörter: Exoskeleton; Hybrid assistive limb; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Treadmill training

Cruciger O., Schildhauer T.A., Meindl R.C. et al

Impact of locomotion training with a neurologic controlled hybrid assistive limb (HAL) exoskeleton on neuropathic pain and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic SCI: a case study

Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2014 Nov 10:1-6. DOI: 10.3109/17483107.2014.981875.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25382234

Schlüsselwörter: Chronic neuropathic pain; exoskeleton; health related quality of life; locomotion training; spinal cord injury

Watanabe H., Tanaka N., Inuta T. et al

Locomotion improvement using a hybrid assistive limb in recovery phase stroke patients: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Nov;95(11):2006-12. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.07.002. Epub 2014 Jul 7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25010538

Schlüsselwörter: Gait; Locomotion; Rehabilitation; Robotics; Stroke

Cruciger O., M. Tegenthoff M., Schwenkreis P. et. al

Locomotion training using voluntary driven exoskeleton (HAL) in acute incomplete SCI

Neurology. 2014 Jul 29;83(5):474. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000645.
http://www.neurology.org/content/83/5/474.long

Nilsson, K. Skough Vreede, V. Häglund et al

Gait training early after stroke with a new exoskeleton – the hybrid assistive limb: a study of safety and feasibility

J Neuroeng Rehabil. 2014 Jun 2;11:92. DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-11-92.
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/11/1/92

Schlüsselwörter: Gait; Stroke; Rehabilitation; Robotics

Kawamoto H., Kamibayashi K., Nakata Y. et al

Pilot study of locomotion improvement using hybrid assistive limb in chronic stroke patients.

BMC Neurol. 2013 Oct 7;13:141. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-141.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24099524

Kubota S., Nakata Y., Eguchi K. et al

Feasibility of rehabilitation training with a newly developed wearable robot for patients with limited mobility

Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Jun;94(6):1080-7. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.020.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.020

Schlüsselwörter: Feasibility studies; Mobility limitation; Orthopedic equipment; Rehabilitation; Robotics

Sczesny-Kaiser M., S. Lissek S., Höffken O. et al

Exoskelettales Rehabilitationstraining bei Querschnittgelähmten – Fallserie zur neuronalen Plastizität.

Trauma Berufskrankh 2013 – 16:1974. DOI: 10.1007/s10039-013-1974-1.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10039-013-1974-1/fulltext.html

Schlüsselwörter: Querschnittlähmung; Paraplegie; Somatosensorischer Kortex; Funktionelle Magnetresonanztomographie; Kortikale Plastizität

Aach M., Sczesny-Kaiser M., Lissek S. et al

Exoskelettales Rehabilitationstraining bei Querschnittgelähmten. Fallserie zum funktionellen Outcome.

Trauma Berufskrankh 2013 – 16:1977. DOI: 10.1007/s10039-013-1977-y.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10039-013-1977-y/fulltext.html

Schlüsselwörter: Exoskelettale Rehabilitation; Querschnittlähmung; Rückenmarkverletzung; Lokomotionstraining; Gehleistung

Pons J.L. et al. (Eds.)

Exoskeletal Neuro-Rehabilitation in Chronic Paraplegic Patients – Initial Results

Converging Clinical & Engi. Research on NR 2013, BIOSYSROB 1, pp.233 – 236.
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-34546-3_36