Our Hub Chief Investigator, Dr Matthew Brodie and a team of UNSW biomedical engineers, allied foundations, companies, and institutions have been awarded a $972,858 NHMRC Development Grant to develop a device to improve the walking ability and quality of life of those suffering from Parkinson’s Disease. Titled ‘Helping five million people with Parkinson’s disease walk’, the grant will enable the team to advance beyond a prototype device developed in conjunction with the free Walking Tall App, to reduce the negative consequences of the disease.

As a ‘pacemaker for gait’ the proposed new device will use the super-additive effects of synchronising neuronal stimulation across limbs, which is already proven to help people with spinal cord injury regain function, to help people living with Parkinson’s disease walk better and for longer.

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