title: ReAbility: Complex External Prosthesis Systems to Rehabilitate Movement.
abstract: The ReAbility Project is a solution that provides an alternative to wheelchair mobility for people with serious disabilities of the lower limbs, such as paraplegics, allowing them to stand and walk once again. This solution is achieved by utilizing an instrument called an "exoskeleton".The ReAbility device is a robotic-assisted system designed to improve the quality of life of people with a movement disability and/or reduced movement; it is meant both for daily domestic use and for rehabilitation therapy in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.The principal characteristics of the device are its modularity, manageability, and wearability for the patient, who is actively involved and has full control of all the movement functions. Its light weight (16 kg) renders it easy to wear for the patient and competitive on the market. From an esthetic perspective it can be worn under clothes, with obvious and important psychological and social advantages. Its cost is also well contained.With the use of this device, there is also a very real positive effect on healthcare costs.
authors.affiliation: Azienda Sanitaria Unica Regionale delle Marche, Area Vasta n. 2, Ancona, Italy. biceprevitera@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Bice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Previtera
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Ospedale S.Giovanni Battista del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jovine
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Visocchi
mesh_terms: D000067190:Exoskeleton Device / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*
keywords: Exoskeleton; Healthcare costs; Movement; Neurorehabilitation; Paraplegy; ReAbility; Spinal cord injury