In the ever changing world of technology meets the drugs are
cerebral palsy , two very interesting shops about young people who are learning
to walk with the aid of devices that look more like they belong in a sci occurs
fiction.
The first story comes from WCBS in New York and has 13 years
old, MacKenzie Maher , unable to walk since birth due to cerebral palsy . A
breakthrough in his quest to walk came thanks to a high-tech machine called the
Lokomat . MacKenzie participated in a 6-week clinical trial in the Shriner 's
Hospital in Chicago. The Lokomat is a robotic device that "walks"
your body with all the right moves for several hours a day . The patient is
attached to harnesses and leg straps before a computer which controls the
movement of your legs on a treadmill. The computer controls the speed and
strength harness their legs to mimic the natural movement . The repetitive
motion retrains the muscles for proper movement and strength without
communication problems that usually occur when the brain tries to tell
MacKenzie legs what he wants to do. After a while , the therapy retrains the
nervous system to avoid damaged areas and restore healthy neuromuscular system
function .Read More
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