Robotic Exosuit Can Eliminate ‘Freezing’ That Comes With Parkinsons; Quoting Terry Ellis

“Because we don’t really understand freezing, we don’t really know why this approach works so well,” said researcher Terry Ellis.

“But this work suggests the potential benefits of a ’bottom-up’ rather than ’top-down’ solution to treating gait freezing,” Ellis continued. “We see that restoring almost-normal biomechanics alters the peripheral dynamics of gait and may influence the central processing of gait control.” – Professor Terry Ellis director of the Center for Neurorehabilitation at Boston University.

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