Benjamin Gilliotte, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Director of Corp: People were meant to move. We weren't meant to be seated or lying in bed all the time. We were meant to move.
Michael Pedoto, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Director of RIO Brain Injury Program: Walking is always one of the things that people want to focus on after they've had a stroke or a spinal cord injury.
Lisa Holscher, Acute Therapy Clinical Manager: We have the technology that is the latest we can use for our patients.
Michael Pedoto, MD: And to be up that first time and actually be walking...the look on their face is unbelievable.
Lisa Holscher, Acute Therapy Clinical Manager: We all go into therapy because we want to help people and to see these outcomes, is, is huge.
Sasha Pavlenko, Patient: My name is Sasha Pavlenko. I fell off a balcony on St. Patrick's Day, and I suffered a spinal cord injury. That's like anyone's worst nightmare...waking up and somebody saying like "we don't know if you're gonna walk again." Your stomach drops.
Erin Sinkfield, Inpatient Rehab Physical Therapy, Lead Therapist: Sasha was not able to walk at all when she started with us. She started using the Ekso with our Inpatient Rehab Program, and she was able to start walking.
Sasha Pavlenko: I remember the first time they told me about the Eksoskeleton. I was laying in my hospital bed, and they were like, "we're gonna get you up in the robot tomorrow." Even though I was kind of scared, it was great. I was walking. It was great to see the world at that angle again.
Erin Sinkfield: Using the Ekso, she was able to get a lot of walking practice in, and she is actually continuing to this day to recover.
Sasha Pavlenko: As months went by, I started using a cane, and now I don't even use my cane sometimes and am able to walk.
Erin Sinkfield: So giving our patients that kind of ability really brings around a whole different person. They are able to get back to normal life.
Antony Jacobs, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio at Miami Valley Hospital: We always try to get the technology to make their life much easier, and this is the only institution in Dayton that provides this care.
