Hands-Free Robotic Device for Traumatic Brain Stroke Injury - Medical / Health Care

People who have suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury have successfully used a REX. A clinical trial has been conducted by the Australian Institute of Neuro-rehabilitation (AIN), Nelson Bay, New South Wales (NSW), Australia and the University of Newcastle, NSW; and is supported by The Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation and Rex Bionics plc.  The trial was open to volunteers from the Hunter Region of NSW, who have had a Stroke or Traumatic Brain Injury more than three months previously and have difficulty standing and walking.  Volunteers were treated twice a week for twelve weeks and the REX treatment was supplemented by a home programme of exercises.   There is provision for MRI examination to correlate the functional and neurological response to treatment.