Safety and Usability of a Robotic Gait Device for Children and Adolescents With Neurological or Neuromuscular Disease in Their Natural Environment

Exclusion Criteria

• •Medical contraindications for standing or walking.
• •Non-reducible contractures or heterotropic ossifications above the degrees allowed by the device or out of the trajectory imposed by the device
• •Spasticity equal to 4 on the Modified Ashworth Scale at the time of use of the device.
• •More than 20º of hip and/or knee non-reducible contractures at the time of using the exoskeleton.
• •Necessity to walk with more than 5º of hip abduction.
• •Impossibility to reach 5º of ankle dorsiflexion with ir without orthoses.
• •Lower length dysmetria that cannot be mitigated with a wedge under the foot.
• •Skin lesion on parts of the lower extremities that are in contact with the device.
• •History of fracture without trauma.
• •Presence of other conditions causing exercise intolerance (such as uncontrolled hypertension, coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, severe pulmonary disease).
• •Conductual disorders that may interfere with the use of the device or their participation in the study, like impulsiveness.
• •Allergy to any of the EXPLORER materials: cotton, nylon, polyester, PPS, PEEK or ABS.