A new form of treatment is giving patients with a spinal cord injury hope that they might be able to walk again.
The machine the patient is wearing is called the EksoGT. It’s a portable and adjustable robotic exoskeleton.
It attaches to a patient’s body and allows them to stand up and feel what it’s like to walk again.
The machine was designed to help patients with spinal cord injuries, paralysis, and other neurological conditions gain back some of the motion in their bodies.
“I think it’s really inspiring because, it kind of, it instills what it felt like to walk normally again, so it kind of forces me to think I can maybe walk normally again in the future,” patient Jessica McNair said.
McNair works for EksoGT, the company that invented the machine. She suffered a stroke that left her immobilized.
She says she believes the possibilities for this new technology are endless.
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