Fig. 9

Codes related to the Development of the technologies (n = 6). In this category we grouped the codes related to the opinions of the users regarding the future development of the technologies. There is high agreement among users in the need to further develop the technologies but also in the urge to involve patients in the development of the technologies. Users say patients are the ones who know what they need and the requirements that they have as primary users of exoskeletons. At the same time, both groups of users recognize that patients feel motivated about the possibility of supporting the research and development of the technologies. Therefore, it is a win–win situation for developers and users to involve patients within the technology development cycle. The only new code that arose in this category was the call to increase the funding for the development of exoskeletons, and they expressed this is relation to governmental institutions. All clinicians said it is important to involve them in the developments as well, since they are the ones who know the rehabilitation needs of the patients, and the needs of the PT and PM&R within the real constraints of the health system. Most of them also talked about the lack of clinical evidence to support the use of the technologies, which is still matter of research, given the difficulties of performing randomized case-controlled trials in the field [23]