Robotic walking suit may awaken the brain after severe injury

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Medical diagnosis of disorders of consciousness (DoC) confirmed by the Coma Recovery Scale - Revised (CRS-R), including patient classified as Minimally Conscious State (MCS), Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome (UWS), or coma. * Acute/Subacute phase of recovery * Medically stable as deemed by a physician * Undergoing medical care and rehabilitation at hospital * Both sexes and all races and ethnicities * Meet the robotic exoskeleton frame limitations * Continence of or a program for bladder and bowel management Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent spinal cord injury (SCI) * Degenerative diagnoses, pre-morbid developmental disability, significant psychological diagnosis such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia * Any contraindication to use the exoskeleton device, including: * Contracture in the hip, knee and ankle joints. * Uncorrectable Equinovarus foot deformation. * Severe muscular spasticity of the lower extremities (Modified Ashworth Scale Grade 3 higher). * Fractures or incomplete bone junctions in the spine, pelvis, and/or lower extremities. * Osteoporosis or lower bone mineral density -3.5, and history(ies) of osteoporotic fracture(s). * Skin disorders including Stage I pressure injuries at the hip, lower limbs, and Exoskeleton contact areas, according to the National and European Pressure Ulcer Classification System (NPUAP-EPUAP). * Inability to communicate with an Assistant due to cognitive and language disorders. * Severe arthritis, acute arthritis, or synovitis after total or partial lower limb joint replacement. * Orthostatic hypotension, essential hypertension, and a condition in which blood pressure is not controlled. * Myocardial infarction or angina or ischemic heart disease within the last 6 months. * Tachycardia, bradycardia, arrhythmia and other cardiac functions that are not controlled. * Uncontrolled autonomic dysreflexia (AD). * Uncontrolled diabetes. * Infectious diseases or other serious complications. * Uncorrectable leg length discrepancy over 2 cm when using additional correction tools. * III-IV spine scoliotic deformity. * Pregnant women should consult their physician prior to use. * Amputations and lower limb prostheses. * Morphological characteristics out of the device limitations.