Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Space Age Robotic Suits Helping Cerebral Palsy Kids walk



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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