{"id":30854,"date":"2019-11-21T19:32:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/?page_id=30854"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:09:14","slug":"movement-disorders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/research-and-participants\/clinical-trials\/movement-disorders\/","title":{"rendered":"Movement Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"movement-page\">\n<section class=\"movement-hero\">\n<h2 class=\"movement-hero-title\">Rehabilitation Research for Movement Disorders<\/h2>\n<div class=\"hero-layout\">\n<div class=\"hero-text\">\n<p class=\"movement-hero-lead\">People with various neurological conditions, including individuals with upper motor neuron injury, may experience motor and sensory deficits, muscle weakness, limited range of motion, low weight-bearing capacity, and impaired balance that limit ambulation and interfere with the ability to perform activities<br \/>\nof daily living.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-img\" src=\"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Exoskeleton-sized.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These individuals may also experience spasticity, which is abnormal muscle tightness or movement patterns that causes certain muscles to contract all at once, potentially interfering with intended movement or walking.<\/p>\n<p>Treatments often include physical and\/or occupational therapy, medications, casting or bracing, and assistive devices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"section-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"movement-section-heading\">Movement Disorders Overview<\/h3>\n<p>FES Center studies focusing on movement disorders currently utilize assistive devices such as exoskeletons as part of various approaches to therapy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"section-spacer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"movement-programs-grid\" aria-label=\"Movement disorders research blocks\">\n<article class=\"movement-program-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Exoskeleton-sized.jpg\" alt=\"Leg Stretching Using an Exoskeleton\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"card-content\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/research-and-participants\/clinical-trials\/movement-disorders\/leg-stretching-using-an-exoskeleton\/\">Leg Stretching Using an Exoskeleton<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Rehabilitation Research for Movement Disorders People with various neurological conditions, including individuals with upper motor neuron injury, may experience motor and sensory deficits, muscle weakness, limited range of motion, low weight-bearing capacity, and impaired balance that limit ambulation and interfere with the ability to perform activities of daily living. These individuals may also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":22534,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30854","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30854"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31835,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30854\/revisions\/31835"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fescenter.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}