3D gait analysis could help avoid need for surgery

A new hi-tech 3D service in Cork to analyse the walking patterns of children with complex disabilities will help some avoid painful surgery, including having bones broken and re-set.

It will also mean an end to costly and stressful journeys to Dublin for gait assessment.

The new gait analysis service, a collaboration between disability service provider Enable Ireland and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), will ensure the team of doctors and therapists looking after the child locally will be the same team involved in gait analysis, in accordance with best practice.