Euro-Pēds Program

Gait Training

Recent literature has demonstrated that practicing walking skills can lead to increased independence. Euro-Pēds uses a variety of assistive devices depending on each individual child's abilities and needs. This will enable children of all developmental levels to gain exposure to walking skills. The assistive devices used include canes, crutches, Rifton Pacer gait trainers, Kaye walkers, a variety of forward walkers, SMART walkers, Partial weight bearing treadmill training using the LiteGait, etc. Euro-Pēds has several sizes of each assistive device to ensure the accommodation of each child's needs. Gait training can be done with or without the SUIT using any of the devices listed above.