Ottobock virtual symposium for healthcare professionals.
Advancing NeuroMobility: Latest Clinical Insights for exopulse suit and C-Brace.
Join us for an exciting online symposium exploring the latest research advancements in NeuroMobility, highlighting new results with respect to Multiple Sclerosis and Spinal Cord Injury.
The “Advancing NeuroMobility: Latest Clinical Insights with exopulse suit and C-Brace” symposium will cover the following key topics:
"Groundbreaking results on the effectiveness of exopulse suit in Multiple Sclerosis: This will be the first time that results from a randomized, sham-controlled cross-over trial are presented for this indication – a true breakthrough!
exopulse suit patient experience: Gain insight of live changing improvements experienced by patients using exopulse suit from Italy
Research insights on the C-Brace application in early rehabilitation with spinal cord injury (SCI)"
Don’t miss this opportunity to stay at the forefront of innovation in individuals with neurological impairments. Together, we can enhance patient care and continue driving progress in the field.
Virtual Symposium.
Tuesday 3rd June 2025, 16.00 – 17.30 CET
16.00 | Welcome and introduction Dr. Andreas Hahn Corporate Vice President Clinical Research and Services, Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH – Vienna (Austria) |
16:05 | Motor Function Outcomes Following the Use of EXOPULSE Mollii Suit in Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Crossover Trial (EXOSEP Study) Prof. Samar S. Ayache, MD, PhD, HDR Associate Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est University – Creteil (France) Adjunct Professor of Neurology School of Medicine, Lebanese American University – Beirut (Lebanon) Neurologist and Neurophysiologist, Henri Mondor Hospital – Creteil (France) |
16:25 | exopulse suit in Daily Life - Quality Improvements Experienced By Patients Alberto Nicolini Product Specialist for exopulse mollii suit - Ottobock Italia
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16:45 | C-Brace: Impact on Individuals with SCI Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD, Professor and Executive Director Director Max Nader Center for Rehabilitation Technologies & Outcomes Research Executive Director, Technology and Innovation (tiHUB), Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago IL |
17:05 | Panel Discussion |
17:30 | Wrap up and Closing |
Registration for this virtual symposium.
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Dr. Andreas Hahn
Corporate Vice President Clinical Research and Services, Otto Bock Healthcare Products GmbH – Vienna (Austria)
Dr. Hahn is the Corporate Vice President of Clinical Research and Services at Otto Bock, where he leads the company’s global clinical research strategy and implementation.
With a PhD in physics from Oxford University, Dr. Hahn brings over 25 years of leadership experience in the medical device industry.
Throughout his career, he has been recognized for his contributions to prosthetics research, receiving the prestigious AOPA Thranhardt Lecture Award in 2014, 2019, and 2021. His award-winning work includes investigations of the influence of mobility grade rating in the response of limited community ambulators to MPKs and the utilization of health economic instruments in prosthetics.
Prof. Samar S. Ayache, MD, PhD, HDR
Associate Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Est University – Creteil (France)
Adjunct Professor of Neurology School of Medicine, Lebanese American University – Beirut (Lebanon)
Neurologist and Neurophysiologist, Henri Mondor Hospital – Creteil (France)
Motor Function Outcomes Following the Use of EXOPULSE Mollii Suit in Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Crossover Trial (EXOSEP Study)
Dr. Ayache is a Neurologist and Neurophysiologist as well as a Director of the EEG unit at the Neurophysiology department at Henri Mondor Hospital. Additionally, she serves as an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology at Paris Est University and as an Adjunct Professor of Neurology at Lebanese American University. Beyond her clinical roles, Dr. Ayache is Vice President of Institut de la Colonne Vertébrale et des NeuroSciences in Paris. With over 15 years of specialized experience in Noninvasive Brain Stimulation techniques, Dr. Ayache has made significant contributions to the field.
She is the author of over one hundred peer-reviewed scientific publications and has delivered more than sixty invited lectures and conference papers. Dr. Ayache's expertise is further demonstrated by her editorial roles; she has served as a guest editor for five special topics in international journals and as an associate editor and editorial board member for several prestigious publications.
Her research focuses on the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying multiple sclerosis manifestations, pain syndromes, movement disorders, and the optimization of noninvasive brain stimulation effects. Dr. Ayache's work has garnered considerable attention, as evidenced by her impressive H index of 35 and over 7,936 citations.
Alberto Nicolini
Product Specialist for exopulse suit - Otto Bock Italia
exopusle suit in Daily Life - Quality Improvements Experienced By Patients
Alberto Nicolini has been working with the exopulse suit since 2013 when he discovered the suit thanks to early adopters in Scandinavia. He has trained with inventors Fredrik Lundqvist and Jorgen Sandell in the early years of the development of the suit, traveling with them around Europe and developing specific stimulation patterns during the early years of application of the suit, both on children and adults with neurological conditions.
He is currently the product specialist for the exopulse suit in Italy, training new experts, assisting in current clinical researches performed by Italian universities and clinics on Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Ataxia, Spastic Paraparesis, and Fibromyalgia, as well as developing clinical awareness among healthcare professionals.
Among his responsibilities are the fine-tuning of stimulations for less-known diagnoses and supporting in daily use for patients and caregivers. He operates for Otto Bock Italia from Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy, but travels weekly all over the country to assist patients.
Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD
Director Max Nader Center for Rehabilitation Technologies & Outcomes Research
Executive Director, Technology and Innovation (tiHUB), Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Chicago IL
C-Brace: Impact on Individuals with SCI
Arun Jayaraman PT PhD is the Director of Max Näder Center for Rehabilitation Technologies & Outcomes Research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). He is also the Executive Director of the Technology and Innovation Hub (tiHUB) at the AbilityLab. He is a Professor at the Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy & Human Movement Sciences, and Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.
Dr. Arun Jayaraman's work primarily focuses on developing and executing both investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored research in rehabilitation technology, which includes exoskeletons, prosthetics, orthotics, rehabilitation robotics, neurostimulation devices, and other assistive and adaptive technologies to treat physical impairments. He conducts all of his outcomes research using advanced wearable patient monitoring wireless sensors and uses novel machine learning and other AI techniques to analyze the data. He collaborates both nationally and internationally with many academic and industrial organizations and is internationally recognized in the field of wearable technologies. He has conducted over 50 large clinical trials in the field of wearable technologies and has published over 300 peer-reviewed publications, conference proceedings, and abstracts, including journals such as Nature, PNAS, Science Advances, Nature Digital Medicine etc. His teams are actively engaged in over 30 projects in the field of rehabilitation technologies.
