To walk or not to walk
Ilse van Nes
ABSTRACT
People with a complete spinal cord injury are fully dependent on the wheelchair for their mobility. Due to the current technological developments, they have the possibility to walk again. In this presentation an overview about the history of walking in paraplegic patients will be presented and I will also inform you about the latest developments in this area. Key-factors that are necessary for a successful implementation of an innovation will be mentioned. Also the results of our research on the use of the exoskeleton at home will be shown.
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. I.J.W. (Ilse) van Nes (1976) works since 2008 as a rehabilitation doctor at the spinal cord injury department of the Sint Maartenskliniek rehabilitation center in Nijmegen. In 2009 she obtained her doctorate for the balance recovery of CVA patients. She is actively involved in research, with the main topics spinal cord injury and walking and since 2010 she has been (co-) author of various publications in this area in national and international journals. She is also a member of the steering group Acute Spinal Cord Glucose Unit (ARU) of the Radboudumc / Sint Maartenskliniek and the Guideline Committee of the Dutch-Flemish Cross Association (NVDG). In 2016 the third edition of the 'Handboek dwarslaesierevalidatie' was published, of which she is the editor-in-chief.