Impact of the Atlas 2030 Pediatric Exoskeleton on Gait Functionality and Quality of Life in Children With Cerebral Palsy or Related Conditions

They underwent intensive training with 4 weekly sessions during 6 weeks with the ATLAS 2030 exoskeleton, a wearable device that provides gait assistance through eight degrees of freedom, four for each leg, including hip, knee, and ankle rotations. During training sessions, participants were fitted with the exoskeleton and performed 25 minutes of automatic forward walking, 15 minutes of active forward walking, 15 minutes of automatic forward walking, 5 minutes of automatic backward walking, 5 minutes of active backward walking, and exoskeleton removal. During the walk, therapeutic activities based on therapeutic objectives were carried out according to the participants' abilities.