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NAU mechanical engineer awarded multiple grants to improve wearable exoskeletons for people with movement disorders
Nearly four in 1,000 children are afflicted with cerebral palsy (CP), making it the most common cause of pediatric physical disability in the United States. This neurological disorder, typically caused by damage to the brain before birth, affects a child’s muscle control and coordination and often makes walking extremely difficult. What’s more, children with CP in Arizona, in both rural and urban areas, lack access to the basic treatment needed to prevent this ambulatory decline, which worsens as they grow…