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News Briefs Purchase of ReWalk exoskeleton approved for Veterans

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VA has agreed to pay to provide a powered exoskeleton for eligible Veterans
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National Public Radio (NPR) and other news outlets reported in December
Podcasts 2015 that the $77,000 cost of ReWalk, an Israeli technology that allows
paraplegics to stand, walk, and climb stairs, will now be paid by VA for
VA Researchers Who Served eligible Veterans with SCIs.
Publications and Infographics ReWalk is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that provides powered hip and
knee motion. VA's Center for Medical Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury, Research participants try out the ReWalk at
Editorial Archives the Bronx VA Medical Center during a visit
located at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y., has by Lt. Gen. Thomas Travis, Surgeon General
Research Week helped test the device for several years. In 2014, the FDA approved the of the U.S. Air Force. (Photo by Lynne
Kantor)
device for sale in the United States.
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Participants in these studies lost fat tissue, had improved bowel functioning, and saw their diabetes symptoms
For Researchers reduced. The center is continuing to study ReWalk's impact on mobility, bowel function, and cardio-metabolic health.
Dr. Ann M. Spungen, the center's associate director, was quoted by NPR as saying, "The research support and effort
to provide eligible Veterans with paralysis an exoskeleton for home use is a historic move on the part of VA, because it
represents a paradigm shift in the approach to rehabilitation for persons with paralysis."

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