The ReWalk Exoskeletal Walking System for Persons With Paraplegia

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Diagnosis of neurological injury other than SCI including:
• •* Multiple sclerosis (MS)
• •* Stroke
• •* Cerebral Palsy (CP)
• •* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• •* Traumatic Brain injury (TBI)
• •* Spina bifida
• •* Parkinson's disease (PD)
• •* Other neurological condition that the study physician considers in his/her clinical judgment to be exclusionary
• •2. Severe concurrent medical disease, illness or condition
• •3. Recent lower extremity fracture within the past 2 years;
• •4. DXA results indicating a t-score below -3.0 and knee BMD \<0.70 gm/cm2
• •5. Systemic or peripheral infection
• •6. Atherosclerosis, congestive heart failure, or history of myocardial infarction
• •7. Trunk and/or lower extremity pressure ulcers;
• •8. Other illness, that the study physician considers in his/her clinical judgment to be exclusionary
• •9. Severe spasticity (defined by an Ashworth score of \>4.0 or clinical impression of the study physician or physical therapist)
• •10. Significant contractures defined as flexion contracture limited to 35º at the hip and 20º at the knee;
• •11. Diagnosis of heterotrophic ossification of the lower extremities;
• •12. Femoral neck or the total proximal femur bone mineral density T-scores \< -3.0
• •13. Psychopathology documentation in the medical record or history of that may conflict with study objectives
• •14. Hypertension (SBP\>140, DBP\>90)
• •15. Pregnancy and/or lactating females