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What is WalkAide? WalkAide is an electronic device which automatically stimulates muscle contraction to counteract foot drop.

Manufacturer's WalkAide site


Reasons Taken

20 patients in the community are using or have used WalkAide.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 11 55%
Foot drop 2 10%
Dragging foot 1 5%
Weakness in leg 1 5%
Treat my mood condition(s) 1 5%
Slow my MS progress 1 5%

Duration

How long current patients have been using WalkAide or how long patients were using WalkAide before stopping.

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using WalkAide

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How Long Patients Used WalkAide Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Why Patients Stopped Using WalkAide (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 1 100% Side effects too severe: 100%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 3 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 100% 1

Insomnia

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 0% 0
Mild 0% 0
None 100% 3

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 3 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (1 of 3)

  • jmscout
    Sensation: None
    Overall: Mild
    Cognition: moderate
    Vision: none
    Speech: none
    Swallowing: none
    Upper limb: moderate
    Walking: moderate
  • jmscout
  • by jmscout
    Sep 17, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Foot drop

See all evaluation results for WalkAide



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