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EksoNR (Ekso Bionics)

EksoNR is an overground wearable robotic exoskeleton used in rehabilitation to support standing and walking practice for people with neurologic gait impairment.

EksoNR (Ekso Bionics) image provided in the NPA database

Overview

What It Is EksoNR is an overground wearable robotic exoskeleton used in rehabilitation to support standing and walking practice for people with neurologic gait impairment.

How It Works Powered assistance at the hips and knees helps patients take steps over ground with therapist supervision, enabling high-dose gait practice and progressive reduction of support.

Conditions - Stroke, SCI, and related conditions in clinical gait programs

How it is administered

Therapist-supervised overground sessions in a rehab facility trained on EksoNR.

The NPA Treatment Database lists this treatment in connection with 3 condition records. A database relationship does not establish effectiveness, safety, or suitability for an individual.

These controlled question pages reference this treatment through stored condition relationships.

Symptoms connected in the NPA database

The current record associates this treatment with the following symptom information. This is not a claim that the treatment will improve these symptoms.

Motor Control

  • Balance and coordination problems
  • difficulty walking
  • muscle stiffness/spasticity
  • Muscle weakness
  • One-sided weakness or paralysis
  • poor balance and coordination
  • reduced fine motor skills
  • slowed movements
  • stiffness/spasms
  • walking difficulty
  • weakness

Practical information

Insurance coverage

Facility-dependent; may be included in specialized rehab services.

Cost information

Institutional therapy costs.

Results and outcomes described in the source record

Over a series of training sessions across weeks.

Side effects and risks

Skin, fatigue, and cardiovascular screening required.

Research context in the NPA database

This section reproduces the current database's research summary and detail. Structured citation metadata has not been supplied, so it should not be read as an independently verified literature review.

Research summary

Evidence Level: Moderate Key takeaway: A widely used overground rehab exoskeleton for neurologic gait training.

Research detail

Overview EksoNR supports overground robot-assisted walking practice in clinical neurorehab.

Outcomes Enables assisted stepping and progressive gait training when free walking is limited.

Questions to ask a provider

1. Does my rehab program offer EksoNR? 2. Am I a candidate based on strength and medical status? 3. Session frequency? 4. Coverage? 5. Transition plan to overground walking without the device?

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