According to the MediGait.com a high-tech yet easy-to-use gait-training device is brought to these people for more normal walking—and living.
GaitAid works two ways to achieve often-remarkable results, and these are:
2. Over time, the device “rewires” the wearer’s brain to follow a healthier walking pattern—an effect that frequently continues even when it isn’t being worn. This process (called neuroplasticity) essentially creates new, healthy nerve circuits that bypass the disease-damaged areas associated with walking.
500,000 with Parkinson’s Disease,
Up to 350,000 with Multiple Sclerosis,
An estimated 800,000 with Cerebral Palsy,
6,500,000 Stroke survivors, and
The elderly, of whom 30% fall at least once per year—50% of those over 80.
Source:
http://www.medigait.com/media.html
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MediGiat.com
http://www.medigait.com/cerebralpalsy.html
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