Robot suit helps MS patients walk better?

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

Inclusion Criteria: * • Male or female, between 18 and 75 years of age. * Confirmed diagnosis of MS. * EDSS from 6.0 to 7.0. * Able to maintain the upright position on a daily basis. * Stable course of disease-modifying therapy over the past 6 months. * Clinical comorbidity asymptomatic (i.e., no underlying cardiovascular disease) * Height: between approximately 1.50 m. and 1.90 m. * Willingness to visit the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Catalonia (Cemcat) for testing and training. * Gait disorder conditioned by paresis or hemiparesis associated with ataxia or sensory problems. * Patient having given written consent. Atalante is able to accommodate the following limb lengths: * Thigh: 380-460mm. * Distance between the ground and the joint space of the knee (to be measured while wearing the shoes they intend to wear with Atalante): * 457-607mm for patient with an ankle dorsiflexion ≥ 16° * 457-577mm for patient with an ankle dorsiflexion between 13° et 16° * 457-567mm for patient with an ankle dorsiflexion between 10° et 13° * 457-557mm for patient with an ankle dorsiflexion between 0° and 10° * Hip with less or equal to 460mm when seated. * Maximum weight: 90 kg. Exclusion Criteria: * • Pregnancy. * Starting or switching from fampridine (Fampyra®) in the last 4 weeks. * Height and weight outside the secure standard of safe use, described in the safety guides. * Contraindications for Atalante training (eg, bone instability, history of osteoporosis or osteoporotic fractures). * Subjects under Corticosteroids treatment or relapse. * Changes in disease-modifying and symptomatic therapy for MS during the study period. * Subjects with psychiatric or cognitive comorbidities that may interfere with the trial. * Whose joint centers cannot be aligned Atalante's. * Ranges of motion below: * Knee: 5° extension, 110° flexion * Ankle: 0° dorsiflexion, 9° plantar flexion, 18° inversion and eversion * Hip: 115° flexion, 15° extension, 17° abduction, 10° adduction, 10° * medial rotation, 20° lateral rotation * Severe spasticity (greater than Ashworth 3) or uncontrolled clonus. * Severe concurrent medical diseases: infections, circulatory, heart or lung, pressure sores. * Active implantable medical device.