Innovative hip exoskeleton for stroke survivors significantly reduces walking effort 🧠. This five-pound, battery-powered robotic device straps to the thighs to provide a custom-tuned motor boost precisely when the hip needs to lift or push off ⚡.
Unlike previous ankle-based prototypes that failed to reduce energy expenditure, this hip-centric approach compensates for reduced propulsion by assisting the body's centre of mass ⚖️. Lead author Kai Pruyn and associate professor Tommaso Lenzi have demonstrated that this technology offloads 31% cent of the work from the joints, resulting in an 18% decrease in metabolic cost 📉.
For a survivor with hemiparesis, this energy saving is equivalent to a healthy walker removing a thirty-pound backpack, making a life-changing difference to daily mobility 🎒.
Study participants like Lidia have reported that the device effectively 'does some of the movement' for them, even suggesting carry-over benefits when the exoskeleton is removed 🏃♀️. ARNI Stroke Rehab UK notes that such wearable robotics provide a vital foundation for the intensive, neuroplasticity-driven gait training required to regain true independence in the community 🌍.
While the University of Utah’s hip exoskeleton has shown 'life-changing 'results in clinical trials, it's not yet available for stroke survivors in the UK to buy as it remains in R&D phase. The research team is currently partnering with industry leaders to transition the prototype into a commercial product, but they must first complete further safety testing for home use and secure necessary medical regulatory approvals... so this post is really to show that devices like this exist now and are 'in the pipeline' for us....
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This hip-exo is especially designed to tackle foot-drop, so while previous attempts at stroke-specific robotics focused heavily on correcting foot drop via ankle-based systems, these often failed to reduce the physiological effort of walking because patients frequently compensate for distal weakness by over-recruiting proximal hip musculature. By targeting the hip joints directly, this device places the mechanical workload closer to the user’s centre of mass, allowing for lower torque requirements and a significantly lighter battery-powered motors system compared to cumbersome ankle-driven alternatives - see arni.uk.com/the-failure-of-foot-drop-ankle-robotics-and-the-hip-based-solution/
Is this similar to the exo shells that are £800 upwards?
Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience this difficulty: to comprehend or produce spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still persists one year post-stroke. Aphasia has wide-ranging effects on the ability to function and quality of life of stroke survivors and easily leads to social isolation.
If you need help, ARNI SLT Telerehab can now help YOU, right now, wherever you are in the world!
The latest evidence shows clearly that you can conquer aphasia very successfully with the help of speech and language therapy.
And it also shows that SLT Telerehab is just as effective as in-person, face to face treatment.
We have a team of highly experienced low-cost specialist SLTs (all post-grads from Universities such as UCL, the University of Cape Town etc) who are available to help you right now, in your home, via Zoom. You get a one to one hourly service, based around your diary needs, from the comfort of your own home, with a highly experienced specialist speech and language therapist. Please enquire to arni.uk.com/get-remote-speech-language-help-now/ !
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The Successful Stroke Survivor online video No 2:
This video is all about training on the floor and starting to do balance control training. Why train on the floor? For a start, you need to do leg curls (lying on your stomach and trying to pull your bad leg up from the knee).
You NEED to do this to control your walking. Everyone ignores this but it’s the one thing that can make a massive difference in not tripping, which leads directly to a fall. Let’s get this one right so you’re less likely to fall. Dr Tom shows how you strategies to train balance control in a kneeling position and then in a standing position along with standing and seated stepping exercises. He explains how and why to do things so you don’t have to waste years figuring it out for yourself.
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If you set your goals too low, you may stop before you’ve maximized your chances of recovery. But if your goals are too high, you might become frustrated before you’ve reached your full potential.
So, it’s important to set realistic goals and keep setting higher goals as you progress. The more you improve, the more you are able to set new goals for a higher level of healing and recovery.
If you need some help call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com We have trainers throughout the country.
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Brand New for Stroke! 'Dual-target loberamisal therapy' enhances early stroke recovery 🧠. Phase 3 trial data presented at the 2026 International Stroke Conference demonstrates that this investigational neuroprotective agent significantly shields brain cells during the critical forty-eight-hour window 🛡️.
Lead author Dr Shuya Li reported that patients receiving daily intravenous administration for ten days achieved superior functional outcomes compared to those in the placebo group. By targeting multiple pathways of neuronal damage simultaneously, this next-generation therapy represents a sophisticated advancement in the stabilisation of neural tissue immediately following an ischaemic event 🩺.
The clinical results suggest that initiating treatment within the first two days is essential for maximising the neuroprotective benefit and reducing long-term disability 📈. These findings indicate that loberamisal could soon become a standardised pharmacological intervention alongside existing reperfusion strategies in acute stroke units across the country.
ARNI Stroke Rehab UK says that such innovative developments in early-stage care provide a promising foundation for the intensive, neuroplasticity-driven rehabilitation that must follow the acute phase 🌍.
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Anything to help a stroke survivor 14 years after my stroke I’m running out of new new ideas to try that’ll help me get better and open my bad hand I don’t get fatigued much anymore I learned to push through it
THE MOST POWERFUL WAYS TO RECOVER AFTER STROKE
Stroke is the commonest cause of physical disability in the world; although there are many excellent services to help stroke survivors, there is no doubt that continuation of practice and exercise programmes is invaluable in enhancing recovery.
This is important as neuroimaging studies tell us the brain is a plastic organ. In other words, the brain’s structure, the way it is organised, and the way it functions can be influenced by practice and learning. This is the basis for at least some of the recovery that occurs after stroke. A major problem often encountered is that stroke survivors are not sure what exercises they can usefully or safely do.
The secret is that ‘re-training’ rather than ‘therapy’ is the zone you need to think about now.
Did you know that what we call ‘task-oriented’ exercise programmes are the most promising? If not, you’ll get to love the effects of task-related training IF YOU CAN PROVIDE ENOUGH DOSAGE. By this I mean ‘time on task’… targeted repetition… drives plastic change by strengthening connections. Each rep you do counts.
Enhancing upper limb function is often an essential component of rehabilitation. Weakness in upper-limb can limit reaching ability and affect upper-limb control and coordination. These factors have a direct effect on the use of the paretic (weaker) upper limb in daily activities, supporting the importance of paretic upper-limb strength.
Low grip strength can and should be corrected via strength training. This is why ARNI has, since inception, concentrated on task-training, strength training and the appropriate development of physical coping skills. We’ve done the same thing ever since.
The evidence base now supports these THREE components that form of backbone of ARNI type training over all others – principles which training can be based around.
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The most important job of the hamstrings is their function during walking, jogging or running as the controlling muscle to the quadriceps. Whilst the quads are trying to bring the legs forwards and straighten them at the knee joint, the hamstring’s job is to slow this down towards the end of the movement to aid the change in direction that the legs require to complete the walking movement.
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Just shared in my different strokes group..... I hate hamstring exercises but it's because they're so difficult....I know I should do more!
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Tragic & Unexpected Fatality Follows Premature Acute Stroke Discharge. 🚨 The tragic death of Milton Smith, a 39-year-old social worker and father from Croydon, highlights a critical clinical vulnerability in the transition from acute stroke units to community-based recovery.
After sustaining an initial stroke on New Year's Eve, Mr Smith underwent extensive diagnostic testing during a two-week admission, yet he was subsequently discharged despite clinicians being unable to identify the definitive aetiology of the event. But just weeks after returning to his family, he suffered a catastrophic brain haemorrhage and was declared brain-dead on 10 February, necessitating the withdrawal of life support.
This case underscores the profound risks associated with post-discharge complications and the urgent requirement for rigorous, long-term monitoring of younger survivors who may present as physically stable. The emotional and financial devastation faced by his wife and three young children has prompted a community-led fundraiser to support them during this period of unimaginable grief. ARNI Stroke Rehab UK says that it's absolutely imperative that our healthcare pathways somehow evolve to ensure that 'weeks of courage and determination' are not undermined by sudden, unpredicted physiological decline following hospital release. 🕊️
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I wasn’t even admitted. Sent home after scans.
This is heartbreaking for the family and shouldn’t have happened however I know it does .. I was misdiagnosed & even when I paid privately for a mri which proved I’d had a stroke the aftercare was non existent!
Ischaemic strokes are hard to find a reason, heamorragic can be caused by undiagnosed EDS a connective tissue syndrome which is a lengthy process to diagnose.
Thinking of you all at this sad time.
Poor chap
The after care is not very good at all
Absolutely awful, in fact horrific.... Again I'll raise my previous point about death in medical care..... Our system isn't broken - people just don't care which is worse. His poor family, I'm going to look for his fundraiser. Utterly, utterly preventable
Same here
ive had no follow up from the hospital. I was discharged to my house with a hospital bed dumped in my sitting room with a commode next to it, is this acceptable?? my friend who is a joiner had to do stairs and steps with me and instal all my handrails on my stairs, this was my aftercare, YES I am angry
Due to my own personal experience, I am absolutely appalled. I nearly didn't even make it to hospital - no ambulance available for me. 🙄 I am so very sorry to hear of this however it seems that a non caring attitude is definitely rigeur now. Disgusting.
