Several independent clinical studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals including…
- Neurology
- Neural Processing Letters
- Journal of the Neurological Sciences
The links found below take you to a number of these studies.
Some are in summary form and some are downloadable files in PDF format. If you need the free Adobe Reader software to read the PDFs, download it by clicking here.
The studies show how effectively the visual and auditory aids now combined in the Gaitaid Virtual Walker work.
To summarize the findings…
The average improvement in gait (walking performance) was 20-30%.
The degree of improvement was proportional to the degree of disability. The harder it was for patients to walk normally before using the device, the more they improved after practicing with it.
The percentage of patients that improved their walking was between 70%-85% depending on the study. Unfortunately, a few patients did not show significant improvement, although they didn’t get worse either.
One of the most interesting and important findings was the lasting improvement that occurred. Many patients improved ability to walk was still present when they were tested again a week or more later.
Some patients reported they could still imagine seeing the visual cues a week later in their mind’s eye while walking without needing to wear the Virtual Walker. They reported this continued to help them to take bigger steps and walk at a more normal pace.
More importantly, they continued to walk much better even after they stopped practicing with the device daily.
CLINICAL STUDY SELECTION
Baram Y, Walking on Tiles, Neural Processing Letters 10: 81-87, 1999.
Baram Y, Walking on Virtual Tiles, Neural Processing Letters 16: 227-233, 2002
Baram Y,Virtual Reality Feedback Cues for Improvement of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease., 2006
Baram Y, Virtual reality cues for improvement of gait in patients with Multiple Sclerosis, NEUROLOGY 2006;66:178-181
Baram Y, Auditory feedback control for improvement of gait in patients with
Multiple Sclerosis, Journal of the Neurological Sciences 254 (2007) 90-94
