While the study was specifically carried out with stroke survivors, once can presume that it could also be beneficial to help restore full mobility and proper gait to accident victims, surgical recovery patients, and victims of disease.

Newswise — For the more than 700,000 people who experience a stroke each year, many never regain the ability to walk like they did prior to their stroke. But physical therapists, using a specialized treadmill, have discovered a new way to help stroke patients walk again—correctly.

The results of their study, conducted at Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation (BIR), appear in the April 2008 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.