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t m c » p u l s e | j u n e 2 0 1 6 20 20 REX REX is one of the premier self-supporting wearable exoskeletons that helps individuals with severe disability stand upright and ambulate. It features a joystick to help the user, or a physical therapist, operate the exoskeleton— choosing from a variety of functions, such as sitting, standing, walking, reversing, turning, and side-to-side movements. BreEStim Sheng Li, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, designed the breathing-controlled electrical stimulation (BreEStim) device to help manage spasticity and neuropathic pain. It uses voluntary breathing to enhance the effects of electrical stimulation on muscles and nerves. Hand of Hope The Hand of Hope is a robotic hand rehabilitation device that can open and close individual fingers. Through intention-based control and repetitive training, it has been shown to improve patients' hand function and grip. Robotic Arm The MAHI Exo-II is a robotic arm that was designed and developed by Marcie O'Malley and her team of Rice University mechanical engineers. It has four active degrees of freedom: elbow flexion and extension, forearm pronation and supination, wrist flexion and extension, and radial-ulnar deviation. MOBILIZING REHABI LITATION