US Air Force veteran regains upright movement 12 years after paralysis through Wandercraft Atalante X exoskeleton training and spinal cord stimulation

Ignacio Montoya, a US Air Force veteran and biomedical engineering doctoral student, reported years of self-study at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting: transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation (tSCS) combined with adaptive task-specific training may reactivate dormant neural pathways 12 years after a clinically complete spinal cord injury. The training used Wandercraft's fully self-balancing, hands-free Atalante X exoskeleton, with robotic assistance gradually reduced; his gait consistency and muscle activation improved, and endurance, posture, and bladder and bowel sensory function also improved.