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Praise is walking better with a 3D-printed orthosis

Fourteen-year-old Praise has spastic cerebral palsy, which made walking difficult. A 3D-printed ankle-foot orthosis, made and fitted at CoRSU within five days, is helping to improve her gait.

Care received
Medical rehabilitation
Condition
Spastic cerebral palsy
Source
From the CoRSU orthopaedic workshop, January 2025
Published
Praise, a girl in a pink dress, stands in a hospital corridor with a crutch and an orthosis on her left leg.

Before CoRSU

Praise is 14 years old and comes from Kanungu District. She has spastic cerebral palsy, which causes stiff muscles on one side of her body and made walking difficult.

Care at CoRSU

On 13 December 2024, an orthopaedic surgeon recommended an ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) for her left leg, to help her rehabilitation and correct the way she walks. The orthopaedic technologists assessed her and decided to make her a 3D-printed AFO.

Praise was scanned and measured the same day, and she was fitted with her new AFO on 18 December 2024. When she came back for review on 24 January 2025, the doctor noted: "The left AFO is helpful with gait."

Praise now

Praise's mother is hopeful that her walking will keep improving as she uses the AFO.

“Please send my sincere appreciation to the people who have helped us get this device and CoRSU that is helping us in rehabilitating Praise to make her a better person.”

Praise's mother
Praise sits on a bench beside her mother, with a crutch resting behind them.
Praise with her mother at CoRSU.

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“Please send my sincere appreciation to the people who have helped us get this device and CoRSU that is helping us in rehabilitating Praise.”

Praise's mother

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