Corinne Ammann‐Reiffer
Boston Children's Hospital, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Maastricht University
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About
Corinne Ammann-Reiffer is a pioneering Swiss rehabilitation researcher whose career has been dedicated to advancing robotic-assisted locomotion therapy for children with neurological movement disorders, particularly cerebral palsy (CP). Working primarily in collaboration with the Rehabilitation Centre Affoltern am Albis and the Children's University Hospital Zurich, she has been instrumental in establishing the scientific foundation for pediatric robot-assisted gait training (RAGT). Her early work broke new ground by demonstrating the feasibility of driven gait orthosis technology in pediatric populations — a first-of-its-kind investigation that earned 137 citations and opened an entirely new therapeutic frontier. Building on this, her subsequent studies showed measurable improvements in walking and standing performance through robotic treadmill training, accumulating over 170 and 146 citations respectively, making them landmark references in pediatric neurorehabilitation. Her landmark multicenter PeLoGAIT randomized crossover trial brought rigorous clinical trial methodology to the field, while a follow-up methodological paper shared hard-won lessons for researchers designing similar studies. Altogether, Ammann-Reiffer's contributions have fundamentally shaped how clinicians approach gait rehabilitation in children with CP, providing both the evidence base and the practical frameworks that continue to guide therapy worldwide.
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