Feasibility and Safety of a Powered Exoskeleton for Balance Training for People Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Single-Group Preliminary Study (Rapper III).

"The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare."

"The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance provided by colleagues and students from the Schools of Engineering and Digital Arts and Psychology at the University of Kent, and the support and assistance from Rex Bionics Ltd, PO Box 316-063, Auckland 0760, in the provision of the Rex Rehab exoskeleton device, training and device maintenance throughout the trial."

"The study utilized a prospective, open-label, single-arm, non-randomized design, and was approved by the East of England-Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Health Research Authority Ethics panel (Research Ethics Committee (REC) reference: 16/EE/0553) Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) reference: 219334. The trial was registered with Clinical Trial Number (CTN): NCT05102682 via ClinicalTrials.gov and with the National Institute for Health and Care Research reference: NEUR 33236. Organizational registration via East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Research and Innovation ref: 2016/NEURO/10. (A copy of the protocol, participant consent and information sheets are provided in Appendix S1). An outline of the study components is provided in a flow chart ()."