HOW NEXSTRIDE WORKS

How Cueing Works To Help Freezing Of Gait

How It Works

NexStride is a daily activity assist device that attaches to canes, walkers, or walking poles and uses visual and auditory cues to help people with Parkinson’s overcome freezing of gait.

NexStride is compliant with all applicable regulations including FDA CFR 820.180 and 820.198.

Compact, lightweight, discreet, and customizable.

Metronome with adjustable tempo and volume controls.

Fully adjustable green laser beam.

Convenient buttons for metronome and laser cues at your fingertips.

Attaches easily to canes, walkers, or walking poles.

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Designed to be simple to use

Easy to use and even easier to love, NexStride’s adaptive design seamlessly integrates into your favorite cane, walker, or walking poles. Activate the audio cue, visual cue, or both when you want them, adjust to your preferred speed and distance, and press on through the Freezing of Gait. Buy your NexStride now.

Attaches directly to your favorite cane, walker, or walking poles

Use the controller to toggle auditory and visual cues

Main body controls laser angle, metronome tempo, and volume.

Visual laser cue with dual axis adjustable positioning

"The NexStride is working beautifully. She uses the word 'amazing'. She is moving about as she hasn't for a long time. I would describe it as transformative for us." Thomas Brown, Care Giver

Helping people defeat freezing, one step at a time.

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Compact, lightweight, discreet, and customizable.

Audio Cue

Metronome with adjustable tempo and volume controls.

Cues On-Demand

Compact, lightweight, discreet, and customizable.

Visual Cue

Fully adjustable green laser beam for visual guidance.

The Science Behind NexStride

Freezing of gait occurs due to a damaged neural pathway that causes a disconnect between the brain and the body.

This disconnect inhibits one from walking.

Sensory cues, such as visual and audio cues, can be used to reestablish the connection between the brain and the body and allow the user to walk smoothly again.

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“There was a significant effect of condition on first step length (P < 0.0005). Post-hoc analysis revealed a difference between the baseline and the visual cue condition (P < 0.0005). As seen in Table 3, the second step length was about 15% larger in the visual cue condition than in the baseline.”

Jiang, Y., & Norman, K.E. (2006). Effects of visual and auditory cues on gait initiation in people with Parkinson’s disease. Clinical Rehabilitation, 20(1), 36-45.