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The launch of the Step West Bionic Exoskeleton fundraiser for people in the West of Ireland with limited mobility took place in The Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon recently.
Pictured from left, Eugene O'Connor, Siofra O'Connor, J.P. O'Connor, Kathleen O'Connor, Chairperson Step West and organiser of the event, Margaret Egan who is a sister of Kathleen's, and Dr Olive Lennon, Ph.D. UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science.
Rosaleen Rafter, Galway Branch of MS Society; Kathleen O'Connor, Chairperson Step West and organiser of the event and Gerry McCabe, Cloghan, Co Offaly, the owner of a Exoskeleton suit. Back row (l-r) Alan Jackson, Accuscience Rehabilitation Specialist; Dr Olive Lennon, PhD UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science; Dr Marcin Uszynski MISCP, Senior Physiotherapist in Neurology and Jane Evans, Automated Rehabilitation Therapy Strategist.
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