05/2018 – Last week, our lab’s director, Lou Awad, PT, DPT, PhD, spoke at the UCSF Orthotic and Prosthetic Innovative Technologies Conference about soft robotic exosuits that enable more normal walking behavior in persons with weakness on just one side of the body.
04/2018 – We had a great time working with students from the Upward Bound Math Science program at Boston University. Students were able to see exosuits in action, see the power of electrical stimulation to activate muscle, and play with other technologies in the lab.
04/2018 – Our lab is excited to kick off a multi-site clinical trial of the ReWalk Restore soft exosuit at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. Read all about it here!
03/2018 – This Spotlight of the Week goes to undergraduate scholar Amogh Chandupatla! Amogh is a senior in the biomedical engineering program assisting in the development of rehabilitation technology. In the lab, he is currently working on creating an integrated system that combines functional electrical stimulation with real-time inertial motion tracking to assist pathological gait […]
03/2018 – This Spotlight of the Week goes to Candy Qiu! Candy first started in the lab last year as a Dean Moore Scholar and is now a laboratory research assistant. She is a sophomore in the 6-year physical therapy program in Sargent College. Candy runs the social media aspects of the lab and assists graduate researchers […]
03/2018 – This Spotlight of the Week goes to graduate researcher Andy Alvarez! He is a First-Year PhD student studying Rehabilitation Sciences. Andy manages the motion capture aspects of the lab, mentors undergraduate scholars, and collaborates with outside and visiting researchers. His goal in the lab is to conduct research that leads to tangible differences […]
02/2018 – This Spotlight of the Week shines of associated faculty member Julie Starr, PT, DPT (get it, Starr, shines, spotlight!). Julie is a certified clinical specialist in the area of cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy. Perhaps you didn’t even know that was possible, but it is. In the lab, she is helping a team of […]
02/2018 – Move over, Iron Man! Check out a featured article in BU Today on our lab’s work to create a soft robotic exosuit to help people who have had a stroke relearn how to walk. Read all about it here!
02/2018 – Check out our new publication in which we show how we quantify differences in how people who have had a stroke control their paretic and nonparetic limbs while walking. Read all about it on the lab’s publication page or you can access the pdf directly here!
10/2018 – In a new publication in PM&R, we show how people who have had a stroke use a soft robotic exosuit to change the way they walk to make it less effortful. Check out the lab’s publication page or you can access the pdf directly here!