Paraplegics will Stand, Walk and Climb Stairs Using Life-Changing Assistive Device

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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:22pm EDT 

MossRehab is Exclusive Site of the U.S. Clinical Trials of ReWalk 
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Albert Einstein Healthcare Network:

 WHAT:     The first female clinical trials patient and an experienced male user and soldier from Israel will demonstrate going from a wheelchair to performing ambulatory functions 
           using the ReWalk suit. ReWalk is the first commercially viable upright device that enables wheelchair users to stand, walk, and climb stairs. ReWalk can be used by people 
           with spinal cord injury-related disabilities and eventually by others with brain injury, stroke and other conditions that produce severe walking impairments.             
                                                                                                                                                                                     
           MossRehab (part of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network) is the exclusive site of the U.S. clinical trails of ReWalk. MossRehab was selected as the site for U.S. clinical  
           trails because of its international reputation for comprehensive clinical rehabilitation and research programs, with a special focus on medical and cognitive             
           rehabilitation and problems with movement. The MossRehab clinical and research staff consist of some of the world`s foremost experts in rehabilitation medicine, including 
           Dr. Alberto Esquenazi who was critical to the development of ReWalk.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                     
 WHO:      Dr. Esquenazi, other clinical and non-clinical staff from Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, local clinical trial patient, Israeli ReWalk user, and local politicians and 
           dignitaries                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                     
 WHEN:     Tuesday, June 30                                                                                                                                                          
           11 a.m. - noon                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                     
 WHERE:    MossRehab (Gait Lab)                                                                                                                                                      
           60 Township Line Road                                                                                                                                                     
           Elkins Park, PA                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                     
 WHY:      In many areas of life change comes quickly, but for the over five million mobility-impaired people in the world, little has changed since the first folding, tubular steel 
           wheelchair was developed in 1932. For potentially millions of wheelchair users, ReWalk (designed by Israeli consultancy Taga for medical device company Argo Medical      
           Technologies, Ltd.) delivers a new perspective on the world, on themselves, and on life.                                                                                  


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Rodney Yancey
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215-456-3922
yanceyr@einstein.edu



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