{"id":48338,"date":"2017-08-02T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/?p=48338"},"modified":"2018-01-31T15:53:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T20:53:00","slug":"boston-metro-boston-researchers-develop-a-robotic-suit-to-help-stroke-patients-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/boston-metro-boston-researchers-develop-a-robotic-suit-to-help-stroke-patients-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Metro: &#8220;Boston researchers develop a robotic suit to help stroke patients walk&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(8\/2\/17) Stroke patients may soon be able to wear a robotic suit that can help them walk without a limp. Researchers at Boston University\u2019s College of Health &amp; Rehabilitation Sciences and the Harvard School of Engineering worked together to develop a wearable \u201csoft\u201d robotic suit, also called an exosuit, that can help with post-stroke recovery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sargent\/files\/2016\/10\/LouAwad_0020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sargent\/files\/2016\/10\/LouAwad_0020-424x636.jpg\" alt=\"LouAwad_0020\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46283\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/files\/2016\/10\/LouAwad_0020-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/files\/2016\/10\/LouAwad_0020-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/files\/2016\/10\/LouAwad_0020-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-websiteEllis-head-shot-this-one.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-websiteEllis-head-shot-this-one-518x636.jpg\" alt=\"for-websiteEllis-head-shot-this-one\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29565\" width=\"204\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-websiteEllis-head-shot-this-one-518x636.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-websiteEllis-head-shot-this-one-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-websiteEllis-head-shot-this-one-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/files\/2013\/05\/for-websiteEllis-head-shot-this-one.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a>Profs Terry Ellis and Lou Awad quoted.<\/p>\n<p>Read full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro.us\/news\/local-news\/boston\/robotic-suit-help-stroke-patients-walk\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(8\/2\/17) Stroke patients may soon be able to wear a robotic suit that can help them walk without a limp. Researchers at Boston University\u2019s College of Health &amp; Rehabilitation Sciences and the Harvard School of Engineering worked together to develop a wearable \u201csoft\u201d robotic suit, also called an exosuit, that can help with post-stroke recovery. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5825,"featured_media":48253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4997,5064,5067,5065],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48339,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48338\/revisions\/48339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}