"Using clever computer wizardry, researcher Wendy Powell at Portsmouth University has been able to create a special treadmill that enables people like Andy to walk better and faster.
Tricking the brain
Hopes are high that the computer can now be adapted to aid other aspects of rehabilitation.
Wendy said her system "tricks" the brain into walking longer and faster than they usually would and so aiding their recovery.
If he can get to use it on a regular basis he will make great strides
Di Summers,
"We have got a specially adapted treadmill that is linked in to a virtual reality system so a little bit like a computer game.
"The particularly interesting aspect, in terms of the research we are doing here, is that we have found that it we manipulate the virtual reality so that people think they are moving slower than they are what happens is that they move faster and better."
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