Innovation and Technology at the Center for Spinal Cord Injury

These specialized bikes stimulate the muscles of the lower or upper limbs so you can use your own strength to power the bicycle. Riding an FES bike simulates the physical activity that a person normally experiences during an average day. Cycling for one hour is equivalent to walking 6,000 steps.

Therapists use this device on specific muscle groups to help you perform tasks such as trunk training and lower extremities movement. FES works by having a computer send electrical messages to a person’s muscle, causing it to contract in a way that can be used for purposeful movement, such as grasping an object. Electrical stimulation is often used in combination with other equipment and our traditional hands-on therapy.

This wearable robotic suit is designed to help you get back on your feet and supports re-learning correct step patterns and weight shifting.

The exoskeleton is a battery-powered bionic device that enables people with lower extremity weakness and/or paralysis to return to standing and walking. This advancement in technology allows our patients to participate in gait training. An upper extremity system is also available.

The exoskeleton offers:

• Custom settings to meet the needs of a wide range of patients
• Gait adjustment to provide our patients the best environment for success
• Real-time patient performance data sent to the therapist

When using the exoskeleton, patients have the means to walk. In addition, the exoskeleton can be used as an adjunct to our gait training therapies. The experts at ICSCI anticipate that the exoskeleton will become an important tool in their activity-based restorative therapies.

This system embraces the whole arm, from shoulder to hand, and counterbalances an adjustable part of the weight of the patient's arm in order to enhance residual function and neuromuscular control. Various self-initiated repetitive therapies help increase your range of motion and selective control.

This system is used in the Seating Clinic to measure body surface pressures, a key factor in the development of pressure ulcers, in order to help improve your current seating system performance or evaluate a new seating system that will best meet your needs.

People with lower extremity weakness or paralysis can recover mobility and independence in daily living by performing realistic simulations of activities like over-ground walking and going up and down stairs. When using the G-EO, therapists can provide real-time adjustments in a safe and controlled environment to maximize the benefits of the equipment for you.

With a wearable wireless motion feedback device and dedicated physical therapy rehabilitation software, the Meditouch 3D provides functional rehabilitation of the upper and lower extremities. The bio-mechanical data gathered from the device allows your therapist to objectively evaluate any further physical therapy treatment needs.

This glove and software system gives hand biofeedback and challenging games to motivate patients to continue intensive, repetitive fine motor finger and wrist exercises.

A leg brace and dedicated rehabilitation software allow you to perform weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing activities designed as challenging games so you can practice knee and hip movement. The system gives precise feedback on your exercise performance and improvement.

This myoelectric elbow/wrist/hand-powered brace supports an impaired hand and arm while also enabling it to move again. You use your own muscle signals to control your arm movements. When you try to bend your arm, or open and close your hand, precision sensors in the brace detect the weak muscle signals, which activates motors to move the hand and arm in the desired directions. You completely control your own hand and arm, but the brace amplifies the weak muscle signal to help move the limb.

This zero-gravity, upper extremity device is specifically designed to facilitate and challenge the weakened shoulder and elbow during functional tasks and exercise drills. The mobile arm support can help improve decreased upper extremity function, improve your motor skills and muscle coordination and support re-learning of specific movements.

This device replaces a mouse for those who have upper extremity weakness that makes using a computer mouse difficult. You learn how to quickly and accurately control the computer using only your eyes.

Offering multiple therapies on one machine, the Vectra Neo has five plug-and-play modules, four channel electrical stimulation, ultrasound, EMG biofeedback, and EMG-triggered stimulation and laser options.

Utilizing Whole Body Vibration (WBV) technology, this equipment imitates mechanical strains on the bone that occur during physical activity. The vibration plate is mounted to a supported stander for people who may have trouble standing on it safely and independently. WBV can temporarily suppress spasticity and potentially improve walking function by increasing step length and walking speed.

You can participate in various activities from simply looking at a landscape to actively participating in games, including those on an adaptive Xbox controller and system, that engage you and encourage a variety of muscle movements.

The cart provides cardiopulmonary stress testing and indirect calorimetry testing for both children and adults in our wellness and nutrition programs.