Machine Restores Mobility to the Partially Paralyzed
From: IEEE Spectrum - 03/23/2010
By: Willie D. Jones

Normally a patient who has lost full control of his limbs must relearn how to
walk and climb stairs under the guidance of a physical therapist. Now in
Japan, engineers are working on what is at least a supplement to that human
touch, and perhaps even a substitute for it. Their machine works like a
treadmill or a stepping machine that has been provided a guidance system, so
that it can literally put a patient through his paces. 

Read the entire article at:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/devices/machine-restores-mobility-to-the-partially-paralyzed

Link:
Hiroaki Yano
http://intron.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp/~yano/index_e.htm