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About
T. George Hornby is a leading rehabilitation neuroscientist whose work has profoundly shaped our understanding of locomotor recovery following neurological injury. Specializing in gait rehabilitation for individuals with stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI), and brain injury, Hornby has dedicated his career to rigorously comparing rehabilitation strategies — particularly pitting robotic-assisted training against therapist-guided approaches. His landmark 2008 multicenter randomized clinical trial (659 citations) challenged prevailing assumptions about robotic devices like the Lokomat, demonstrating that therapist-assisted locomotor training often yielded superior functional outcomes. This finding reverberated across the rehabilitation community, influencing both clinical practice and technology development. His subsequent research into metabolic costs and muscle activation patterns during robotic versus manual training helped explain *why* human-guided approaches can outperform automated ones. Collectively, his studies have accumulated over 3,000 citations, and his 2019 Clinical Practice Guideline synthesized decades of evidence into actionable recommendations for clinicians worldwide. Through multicenter trials, novel cable-driven systems, and nuanced analyses of kinematic variability, Hornby has consistently pushed rehabilitation science toward evidence-based, patient-centered approaches that meaningfully restore walking function and independence.
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- 8A cable-driven locomotor training system for restoration of gait in human SCI119 citations · 2011
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