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ABC News Chicago recently featuring one of our research participants, Robby Williams, who is helping our group evaluate a novel knee-ankle foot orthosis (KAFO) that is designed to provide users with greater movement potential. Williams is a dancer who sustained a spinal cord injury from a gunshot wound last summer. He continues to practice dance as a form of artistic expression and as part of his ongoing recovery.
The story also features an interview with Matt Giffhorn, DPT, a research physical therapist within the Center for Bionic Medicine. Giffhorn told ABC news that the goal of the study is to determine if the device, the C-Brace II, helps people with incomplete spinal cord injury return to their daily life ¡°quicker, sooner, and more efficiently.¡± The study specifically looks at walking speed, distance such as step and stride length, balance, and community participation when using the brace.