What is HAL® ?
HAL® stands for “Hybrid Assistive Limb” and is a device that is used in a 3-month therapy program to help patients amplify signals from the brain, thereby training the muscular and nerval structure to a point where independent movement of the legs may - depending on the severity of the injury or disease - become possible. The Lower LimbHAL® Version was approved in December 2015 by the international health organization as a device for medical therapy (medical device certificate CE 0197) and has proven its effectiveness in several studies.
Neuromuscular biofeedback
The principle of biofeedback is based on the electrical pulse emitted from the motor cortex of the brain and received by the sensor (electrode) transdermally from the muscles...
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Broad spectrum of use
Because HAL® effectively improves the muscle strength of the lower limbs the treatment is dedicated to a wide group of patients with impaired gait...
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Already several hundred patients underwent the therapy using the bionic HAL® skeleton. These were patients with incomplete spinal cord injury, after stroke and with different types of muscle diseases...
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What is the course of therapy?
The basis for the start of therapy is a positive result of the first (trial) training. If the trial training was successful and the patient is eligible for the HAL® treatment...
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