Antara Care Homes, the transition care and assisted living arm of Antara Senior Care, has introduced the ExoAtlet II robotic-assisted exoskeleton at its Bannerghatta facility in Bengaluru.

With this move it has expanded its rehabilitation capabilities for patients recovering from stroke, paralysis, neurological disorders, orthopaedic conditions and prolonged illness.

With the addition of ExoAtlet II and an advanced robotic device for hand and finger retraining, the Bannerghatta centre has joined a select group of rehabilitation facilities in India offering robotic-assisted recovery alongside conventional physiotherapy. The technology is aimed at enhancing functional recovery through specialist-led rehabilitation programmes.

ExoAtlet II is a wearable robotic exoskeleton that supports the patient's hips and legs, enabling them to perform hundreds of physiologically accurate and repetitive walking movements during a single therapy session. Such high-intensity, repetitive gait training is considered difficult to achieve through manual therapy alone and is widely recognised for improving rehabilitation outcomes in neurological recovery.

Ishaan Khanna, CEO, Antara Assisted Care Services, said, "India is seeing a rise in the burden of stroke, other neurological disorders, degenerative conditions of the bone and muscle, and falls as it becomes an ageing nation, where an estimated 347 million people are projected to be senior citizens by 2050. These illnesses, especially stroke, are the largest causes of adult-onset mobility loss in the country. 

“Timely and structured rehabilitation helps patients improve limb function, reduce complications, and improve overall quality of life, while robotic-assisted gait training systems are known to enhance outcomes," he said.

Lt Col (Dr) Faisal Husain, Medical Superintendent, Antara Assisted Care Services said, "Successful rehabilitation to regain motor function is built on personalisation, repetition and consistency. At Antara, each patient's recovery is designed and directed by a rehabilitation medicine specialist and executed by our fully trained physiotherapy team.”

“Where robotic-assisted gait training is indicated, the exoskeleton's settings are calibrated to individual needs and progressively adjusted as patients recover. This is done alongside hands-on physiotherapy to help patients practise safely, participate more actively and build towards greater functional independence," he said.