NUIG-developed app to limit Parkinson’s sufferers’ falls

Falls caused by one of the most severe symptoms of Parkinson’s disease could be reduced with a device being developed at NUI Galway.

Researchers are continuing usability tests with Parkinson’s patients on the cueStim device.

It is worn on the waist and will prevent or relieve ‘freezing of gait’, where people with the condition feel as if their feet are stuck or glued to the floor. This symptom prevents them from moving forward and is a common cause of falls.