A Bionic Leg attachment helps patients with strokes to get up and walk again

At Britain’s University of Portsmouth, stroke sufferers have new hope thanks to bionic leg attachments that are helping them walk again.

Over a 10 week period, many people with strokes were fitted with bionic legs to replace their injured leg.

The 3-D camera captured the actions of the wearer as he tried to walk.

“We saw confidence increase, we saw walking ability increase and therefore daily step count and activity increase from there for that group,” Amy Wright, an expert in biomechanics at the university said.

Wright explained that using the bionic foot, in addition to traditional treatments and physical therapy, significantly accelerated the recovery process.

A patient who was in a wheelchair could eventually walk on his own without assistance.

“By the end of the 10-week program, he was able to walk around his home without a stick and no one around,” Wright stated.

Scientists believe that robotic devices are starting to cost less, and home-based high-tech treatments are becoming more popular.

Researchers plan to conduct larger clinical trials to determine which bionic devices can be most beneficial to stroke patients.

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