VIDEO: Exoskeleton helping Jonjo ‘step into the unknown’

Paralysed jockeys and rugby players will be amongst the first to benefit from using an exoskeleton suit which has been purchased by a horseracing charity.

Irish Injured Jockeys (IIJ) has bought the suit together with the IRFU to help with the rehabilitation of injured riders who have suffered lower extremity paralysis.

The suit has been sent to Neurokinex, a specialist rehabilitation centre in Co Antrim and the first jockey to use it was Jonjo Bright, who suffered severe injuries from a fall in March 2013.