WalkAide Comparison - Strokes

This video shows initial trials with the WalkAide System on a patient who has endured multiple strokes. The WalkAide System leverages functional electrical stimulation to help correct foot drop. Foot drop is a condition caused by weakness or paralysis of the muscles involved in lifting the front part of the foot, which causes a person to drag the toe of the shoe on the ground or slap the foot on the floor. Foot drop (also called drop foot) can result from peroneal nerve palsy or from damage to the central nervous system such as stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis. For more information, visit http://www.walkaide.com

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• WalkAide
• foot drop
• drop foot
• footdrop
• dropfoot
• medical video
• stroke
• cerebral palsy
• multiple sclerosis
• spinal cord injury
• traumatic brain injury