pauto®
Walking stick for Parkinson's disease
pauto® is your walking stick for Parkinson's disease, it helps you to avoid episodes of freezing of gait and reduces the number of falls.
Walk with safety and recover your autonomy
Reduces falls
pauto® reduce the number of falls, improves gait and provides more tranquility for users and family members.
Unlocks gait
Tracks for unlocking the freeze thanks to the laser light and vibration of the handle.
Complementary geolocation
Complement your security with our remote assistance watch, SOS warnings and measurement of constants.
How does pauto® help you?
Just pressing a button unlocks the freezing episodes typical of Parkinson's disease using two laser lines and vibration. It is a medical device in the form of a walking stick. Restore your confidence to walk and feel safe when turning.
pauto® is a type of walking stick that allows you to go out walking with tranquility of being safe, and accompanied.
pauto® is an i4life's product.
Try it for 30 days and discover its effectiveness
It reduces the number of falls, improves gait and helps to prevent episodes of freezing of gait.
User experiences
With a few seconds of learning, with pauto® you will overcome freezing episodes. Your gait will be more fluid, stable and continuous.
A unique walking stick
In the video you can see its functionalities in detail:
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Laser lights for unlocking
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Vibration for unlocking
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Magnetic charging
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Stable dumped tip
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Anodised rod
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Continuous button
pauto® European finalist for the 3rd Fundación MAPFRE Social Innovation Award
Independent analysis
Orientatech have made an exhaustive analysis of the pauto® walking stick in their website .
You can take a look at it by clicking here.
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How to identify freezing of gait (FoG)?
What is freezing of gait?
Freezing of gait (FoG) can be defined as brief, intermittent episodes of inability to initiate or maintain locomotion or perform a turn. FoG in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) could be related to a functional compromise of the frontal lobe.
Freezing of gait (also called ‘magnetisation’) is a transient phenomenon when the affected person cannot take a step because they are unable to lift their feet off the ground; The feeling of having their feet ‘stuck’ to the ground
Under what circumstances do they occur?
Episodes usually occur when entering a corridor, with changes in light or shadows on the floor, with a change of texture or pattern on the floor, with stairs or narrow entrances such as a lift, among others.
The freeze usually lasts only for a few seconds but it is one of the most frustrating and dangerous symptoms of Parkinson's disease. You may not always be able to prevent a freezing episode, but you can recognise when this symptom of Parkinson's may occur and what you can do to minimize injury.
How can FoG be treated?
Obstacle training, treadmill training, general exercise, action observation training, and conventional physical therapy can provide immediate and real benefits to people with PD who experience freezing episodes.
Some audiovisual incentives such as those produced by the pauto® walking stick help to recover gait by acting on procedural memory.
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