ABLE Human Motion: Revolutionising rehabilitation for independent living

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Part of EIT Health’s mission is to enable citizens to live longer, healthier lives. At ABLE Human Motion we share the same motivation, and we are committed to developing innovative solutions to enable mobility for all.

Each year, up to 930.000 people worldwide suffer a life-changing spinal cord injury, which often leads to paralysis and a loss of freedom and independence in activities of daily living.

These individuals could walk again with a robotic exoskeleton, a wearable device designed to support people living with disabilities to stand up and move around. But current exoskeletons are expensive and heavy, meaning they are not widely available for people to use in their everyday lives.

The ABLE Exoskeleton project responds to this clear unmet need amongst the community of people living with spinal cord injury. The ABLE Exoskeleton has been developed through a co-creation process, working “hand-to-hand” with people living with SCI who could benefit from it.

"The ABLE Exoskeleton project is supported by EIT Health. EIT Health is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union receives support from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme."