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Hiroki Kimura, Clinical Director, Cyberdyne, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Tetsu Sugie, Senior Manager of Corporate Development, Cyberdyne, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Bob McIver, physical therapist and doctor of physical therapy; director of clinical technology, Brooks Rehabilitation, Jacksonville, FL.
Navid Hannanvash, Physiotherapy PhD; CEO and Owner, RISE Physical Therapy, Solana Beach, CA.
Cybernics: Fusion of humans, machines and information systems.
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Frontiers in Neurology: “Voluntary elbow extension-flexion with hybrid single-joint assist limbs (HAL) for patients with spastic cerebral palsy: report of two cases”.
Topics in stroke rehabilitation: “A follow-up study of the effect of hybrid assist limb training on gait ability in chronic stroke patients”.
cure: “Biofeedback physical therapy with hybrid assisted limb (HAL) lumbar type for chronic low back pain: a pilot study”.
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases: “Cybernetic treatment with the wearable cyborg hybrid assisting limb (HAL) improves ambulatory function in patients with slowly progressive rare neuromuscular diseases: a multicenter, randomized, controlled crossover trial to determine efficacy and safety.”
Frontiers in Neuroscience: “HAL Exoskeleton Treadmill Training: A Novel Approach to Symptomatic Therapy in Patients with Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy: Preliminary Study”.
frontiers in neurology “Basic biofeedback exercise with hybrid assistive limb for physically frail patients with or without Parkinson’s disease”.
Circulation journal: “Effects of lumbar-type hybrid assisted-limb cardiac rehabilitation on muscle strength in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.”
Pew Research Center, “AI and human enhancement: Opening up for Americans is tempered by a variety of concerns.”