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AI: Stroke patient helped to walk by high-tech trousers
A stroke survivor is learning to walk independently again thanks to high-tech trousers powered by AI. Julie Lloyd, 65, is part of the UK's first trial of the "smart garment" that she described as a breakthrough for fellow stroke patients. The "NeuroSkin" trousers stimulate her paralysed leg using electrodes controlled by artificial intelligence. The Stroke Association said new technologies are giving hope to the UK's 1.3 million stroke survivors. The developers of NeuroSkin said the invention is already revolutionising stroke care in France, but Ms Lloyd is one of the first involved in the UK's own trial. "My leg is almost feeling as if it's being guided," she said. Ms Lloyd took part in the UK trial at her physiotherapy clinic in Newport. After first experiencing an uncomfortable "tingling feeling", she said that within a few minutes she was walking unaided for the first time in six months. "[My leg] was suddenly propelled up from the floor and made me feel safe walking, and that's the part that I've honestly not felt at all with all the physio I've had," she said.
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