Kazunori Koseki
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About
Kazunori Koseki is a rehabilitation medicine researcher whose work sits at the forefront of robotic-assisted gait training and functional recovery following neurological and orthopedic conditions. His research centers on the clinical application of wearable exoskeleton devices — most notably the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) and Honda Walking Assist (HWA) — to restore and enhance mobility in patients with stroke, spinal cord injury, total knee and hip arthroplasty, lower limb amputation, and brachial plexus injury. Koseki's most influential contribution demonstrated that HAL training significantly improves walking function and range of motion following total knee arthroplasty, a paper that has accumulated 56 citations and helped establish robotic rehabilitation as a credible post-surgical intervention. His parallel investigations into subacute stroke recovery, each garnering 41 citations, provided early evidence that exoskeleton-assisted gait training is both safe and effective in patients with hemiparesis. Collectively, his body of work — spanning over 240 citations — has helped bridge the gap between emerging robotic technologies and everyday clinical rehabilitation practice, offering practitioners evidence-based frameworks for integrating exoskeleton devices across a remarkably diverse range of patient populations.
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