chatroom
glossary
article
todays new posts
Sign In »
Register Now!
Help
"> Welcome to the Musmate Walking Aid for Foot Drop musmate.gif Foot Drop Aid Musmate Ltd, P. O. Box 3976, Bath, BA1 0DF, UK. Tel. (0845) 094 4674; fax (0845) 094 4674;
e-mail sales@musmate.co.uk . deutsch español
français português
About Us http://
Buying the Musmate
Clinical Results
Customer Stories
Downloads
» Home
Medical Professionals
The Musmate
Site Map
Terms & Conditions
Deutsch
Español
Français
Português
Other Products
The Anklemate
Exercise Kit mainwalk.jpg The Musmate offers you...
bullet.jpg Freedom from falls & trips
bullet.jpg Adjustability to suit your needs
bullet.jpg The ability to even climb stairs
bullet.jpg The opportunity to wear shoes, sandals, wellies
bullet.jpg Assistance in bending your knee
bullet.jpg Help with swinging your hip forward
Find out what our customers think of the Musmate here. People with foot drop have difficulty walking. When they lift their leg to move forward, the ankle muscles do not lift the foot up and so the foot is dragged along. Alternatively the leg is lifted really high up so that the floppy foot clears the ground (this is called steppage gait). A third alternative is that the leg is not lifted up, but thrown to the side so that the foot clears the ground.
All these walking movements are energy -intensive and so people with drop foot become tired quickly, and so tend to limit their movements. This has a negative impact at work and also socially. These factors then result in less exercise which reduces fitness and causes further fatigue. A vicious circle is quickly created.
The Musmate is designed to address this situation by aiding walking. It uses a shoulder harness and an elastic cord connected to the shoe. When walking, the thigh muscles push down on the elastic cord and it in turn gently supports the raising of the foot. This has two other benefits. Firstly the lifting action helps your knee to bend, in much the same way as pushing on a door causes the hinge to turn. Secondly, the lift reduces the effective weight of your leg and so your hip find it easier to swing your leg forward.
Two adjustments are easily made to customise the Musmate for your maximum benefit. Firstly the amount of support the Musmate provides is adjustable. As you need more support, it is forthcoming. Secondly, the height to which your foot is lifted is also controlled. It is easy to adjust the Musmate to lift your foot higher, to cross rough ground or even go up stairs. The design has other benefits as well. With the elastic cord pulling up, the knee is encouraged to bend and this helps with a good walking pattern as well. Finally, the elastic cord can bear part of the weight of the leg, and this makes swinging the leg forward more easy.
Since the foot has regained its normal action, Walking is made easier. Secondly, there is less risk of trips or falls because the foot is not dragging. The result is that people walk more than they used to. This creates a positive circle whereby increasing mobility leads to greater fitness which in turn reduces the effort required to walk. People can work more, and improve their social lives. We now have a Facebook page.
Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter Name: E-mail Address:
Comment:
source
