Current commercial systems are designed for adult patients. Imagine adapting an adult bicycle for a 3-year-old to ride. This has been our experience and struggle for over 10 years since we placed the first child with spinal cord injury on an adult system. We now have the experience, knowledge, and the right team to develop an effective pediatric system. The time has come to build it right for kids.

Andrea L. Behrman, Ph.D., P.T., is a professor at the University of Louisville and Kosair Charities Endowed Chair in Pediatric Neurorecovery, Department of Neurological Surgery and the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center. She is the Executive Director of the Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric NeuroRecovery, providing activity-based therapies to promote recovery from neurologic injury in children and conducting research to inform clinical practice. She also is a Co-Director of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Neuro Recovery Network providing standardized recovery-based therapies at six centers across the U.S.