About 16% children in Taiwan Province need rehabilitation to help them grow up healthily because of tumor, mental illness or nervous system diseases. Beijing Medical University introduced the only children's walking robot in Taiwan Province, so that children with recovery potential can stand up again.
Xiaoxin's attending doctor and the physician of rehabilitation medicine in the Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Medical University once pointed out that nerves are plastic, and the injured nerves can be restored to function through high-intensity, high-repetition and correct exercises. "In principle, all patients with poor gait are suitable for robot gait training, and patients with musculoskeletal and nervous system diseases such as stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis are the most common. 」
One small step for her is no easier than others.
Xiao Xin is a premature baby. Because of her premature birth, she injured her brain and couldn't walk by herself. Zeng Song Hui recalled that when she first met Xiao Xin, she was only 3 years old, and she had to get Botox regularly to keep the tension of her lower limbs from being so great. "But Botox only temporarily relieved the tension, so on 104, we decided to operate on Xiao Xin to permanently change the problem of excessive tension in her lower limbs. 」
After the operation, Xiao Xin began to use the robot gait training system attached to Beijing Medical University. After three years 100 training, "Xiao Xin always smiles, and will try again if he fails." Xiao Xin's persistence and efforts touched all adults. Now, she has gone from being unable to stand, completely needing the help of others to being able to stand by herself, only needing one person to accompany her.
He once said that he now hopes to stride forward on his own in the third grade of primary school, and he also nodded happily at the scene. It was pointed out that according to the current progress, Xiao Xin's wish is likely to come true.
Robot training, "standing up" is not just a dream.
Zeng Song Hui introduced that the robot gait training system is based on the principle of neuroplasticity and consists of exoskeleton mechanical foot, weight support system, treadmill, real-time visual feedback system and augmented reality. "Therefore, when the patient walks on it, every step of the system will reflect the part that needs to be adjusted, so that the next step will be more correct. And because the screen is set in front of the system, for children, there is screen interaction, and the motivation for practice is even greater.
For most patients, the golden recovery period of nerve and skeletal muscle injury is one year. Active intervention through robot gait training can shorten the walking training time by about one to one and a half months. But for children with cerebral palsy who have been unable to walk normally, the training time may be longer; Moreover, not all families can afford continuous treatment, and it is expected that this system will be more popular and benefit more children in the future.