[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":153},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-paralyzed-people-walk-again-a-dutch-story":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":151,"relatedBooks":152},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":20,"template":26,"format":27,"meta":28,"categories":29,"tags":31,"project_category":35,"contact_email_category":36,"yst_prominent_words":37,"class_list":46,"better_featured_image":57,"acf":94,"yoast_meta":95,"_links":97},11947,"2016-01-21T13:35:37","2016-01-21T11:35:37",{"rendered":9},"http:\u002F\u002Fscienceroll.com\u002F?p=11947","2021-12-06T00:29:04","2021-12-05T23:29:04","paralyzed-people-walk-again-a-dutch-story","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fparalyzed-people-walk-again-a-dutch-story",{"rendered":17},"Paralyzed People Walk Again: A Dutch story",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\"> \u003Ctbody> \u003Ctr> \u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\"> \u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2016. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp> \u003C\u002Ftd> \u003C\u002Ftr> \u003C\u002Ftbody> \u003C\u002Ftable> \u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When I saw \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fscienceroll.com\u002F2015\u002F02\u002F09\u002Fexoskeletons-let-paralyzed-people-walk-again-video\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amanda Boxtel standing up from her wheelchair\u003C\u002Fa> and walking around with an exoskeleton around her body, the fact that exoskeletons have become real hit me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For years, movies have featured these robotic structures that carry people in them but still mimicking the movement of the human body. Avatar, The Edge of Tomorrow, Elysium and Matrix III all depicted them in a way it felt like it would always remain science fiction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Exoskeletons are robotic structures that are attached to the joints in order to substitute muscle power when it’s needed. It contains a computer in the backpack which can power the robotic components for hours. The prototypes couldn’t really mimic the way we walk but it’s getting better; the elements are getting thinner and the energy source is getting stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A good friend of mine, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Focmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remco Hoogendijk\u003C\u002Fa>, Innovation manager of Sint Maartenskliniek, just told me a fantastic story. They \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fnos.nl\u002Fartikel\u002F2073139-robotpak-laat-rolstoelpatient-weer-lopen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had their first patient taking his exoskeleton home\u003C\u002Fa>. This basically is the end of an 8 weeks-long training program and the exoskeleton they use is the ReWalk 6.0.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fmedia\u002F2016\u002F01\u002Fhoge-resolutie-34.jpg\" alt=\"hoge resolutie-34\" class=\"wp-image-11956\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fmedia\u002F2016\u002F01\u002Fhoge-resolutie-36.jpg\" alt=\"hoge resolutie-36\" class=\"wp-image-11958\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The patient is Ruben de Sain, a great guy how has had a Spinal Cord Injury ten years ago. That hasn’t stopped him in life. He works as a car salesman in a Seat garage and he loves to go skiing with his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fmedia\u002F2016\u002F01\u002Fhoge-resolutie-37.jpg\" alt=\"hoge resolutie-37\" class=\"wp-image-11959\"\u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The device is not yet widely available and costs are high. Some patients turn to crowdfunding the required money for their exoskeleton, while payors might cover it for others. Using such a technology would mean that patients could go back to work and live a normal life without the constant help and supervision of caregivers. With 3D printing methods, the production costs of the elements could go down too. These directions paint a bright future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.eksobionics.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ekso Bionics\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Frewalk.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ReWalk\u003C\u002Fa> have been the major players, the latter even having an FDA approval. DARPA presented exoskeleton elements that can help soldiers run tirelessly or jump higher. 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