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Path Finder is a laser device that straps on to shoes and is designed to help people with freezing of gait using visual cueing.
The cue, present as a green laser line, helps the brain initiate your movement and helps you resume walking.
Path Finder is a wearable shoe laser designed to help with freezing and gait issues. The device helped all of our reviewers to some extent and increased their confidence walking indoors. However, the laser doesn’t project clearly outdoors and the product is expensive.
These articles have useful information related to this product. All come from Parkinson's UK.
Freezing can be a common symptom of Parkinson’s. People describe it as feeling like their feet are ‘glued’ to the ground.
A tendency to freeze won’t disappear but you can improve control. Use a specific strategy or ‘cue’ once you’ve frozen.
Lois Rosenthal describes how her fascination with rhythmic cues for freezing of gait, and reflects on her experience as a first-time researcher.
Walk with Path provided 6 Path Finder devices at a discounted price to support our panel review, and we passed these directly to the reviewers.
We have a series of policies and practices in place to make sure that our review is independent of any existing relationship between our organisations or staff. If you’d like to find out more about this, you can read about it in our transparency statement.
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