Looking for a motorized machine for knees

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Hello Surbhi @SurbhiB and a warm welcome to the community. I don't have an answer for you I'm afraid, but I'm sure some of our members will come back with something. Just bear with us
And if there are any questions you would like to ask, or anything else you would like to tell us, please don't hesitate.
Warmest best wishes,
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Hi @SurbhiB
Welcome to the community.
Unfortunately I don't think the product you are seeking is currently commercially available. The Mygait product and similar products such as Walkaide: http://www.walkaide.com/videocenter/pages/cerebralpalsy.aspx are not 'motorised' but use FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) to help people with drop foot walk without stumbling.
The 'typical' walking gait of individual with diplegia is very different from drop foot and varies greatly between individuals. I am aware of some trials of using FES for children with diplegia:
but I'm not aware of this resulting in any commercially available product at this time.
When you mentioned a motorised device for walking it made me think of the research being done on using exoskeleton technology to assist people with cp:
I think this research hasn't yet lead to a commercially available product but there does seem to be positive advancements happening so maybe something will be available in the future.
Best Wishes
Jean
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