Robotic Legs Helping Patients Re-Learn to Walk at Sister Kenny (R) Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Therapists at the Sister Kenny ® Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital are using a new tool to help patients learn to walk again after partial spinal cord injuries and strokes. The Lokomat System combines a treadmill, robotic legs and a high-powered computer with several synchronized drives to actively move patients’ legs in a pattern similar to physiological walking.

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