Seton Brain and Spine Center Uses Zero-Gravity Device For Paralysis Patients

The Seton Brain and Spine Center in Austin, Texas, has received $220,000 in funding from the Doug English Lone Star Paralysis Foundation to help train and rehabilitate patients with paralysis, according to a KXAN report.

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The Seton Center is home to a new zero-gravity device, one of only handful in the country. The zero-gravity equipment uses computers and sensors to calibrate the amount of weight patients put on their legs. A harness keeps the patients from falling as they learn how to walk again.

A gift from the Doug English Lone Star Paralysis Foundation provided funds to buy the device. Doug English was a football player at the University of Texas and later the NFL’s Detroit Lions before he suffered a career-ending, near lethal neck injury.

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