Potential Effects of an Exoskeleton-Assisted Overground Walking Program for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury Who Uses a Wheelchair on Imaging and Serum Markers of Bone Strength: Pre-Post Study

Alec Bass   ^{1, 2} , PT, PhD ;   Suzanne N Morin   ³ , MSc, MD ;   Michael Guidea   ^{1, 2} ;   Jacqueline T A T Lam   ^{1, 2} , MSc, PT ;   Antony D Karelis   ⁴ , PhD ;   Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre   ^{4, 5 *} , PhD ;   Dany H Gagnon   ^{1, 2 *} , PT, PhD ;   Montreal Exoskeleton Walking Program (MEWP) Group   ^{6 *}

¹ School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

² Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et Services Sociaux (CIUSSS) du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

³ Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

⁴ Department of Exercise Science, Faculty of Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

⁵ Centre de Recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal (CRIUGM), Montréal, QC, Canada

⁶ See Acknowledgements, Montreal, QC, Canada

*these authors contributed equally