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| Eric |
Eric loved flying in the sky in a glider, but on his 18th birthday, June 22, 1997, all that changed. A mechanical failure caused his glider to come crashing down, leaving Eric with a spinal cord injury.
On August 13, 2001 Eric traveled from Canada to Horton's
Orthotic Lab, Little Rock, Arkansas, along with his orthotist, Alan
Moore, CO(c), Orthopedic Bracing Solutions, Kitchener, Ontario, to
participate in clinical trials for Horton's Stance Control Orthotic
Knee Joint (SCOKJ). Eric stayed about three days and was fit with
the SCOKJ.
When he left Horton's, he walked out with two forearm crutches.
Now, one year later, Eric is walking with one cane. Eric said, "I
wore a locked KAFO for two years and noticed no change. After
wearing the SCOKJ for eight months, I started noticing a big
difference in my rehab." His mother reported, "Eric's upper thigh
has strengthened considerably, and he is even able to stand on his
weak leg without assistance." Eric is an engineering student and is
very active. He loves to dance, work out, shop, and go camping.
