WalkAideInvestigating the Use of the WalkAide on a Child's Ability to Ascend/Descend Stairs and Curbs

This group of children will receive six weeks of Walk Aide training. During training, children will wear the Walk Aide. This device triggers ankle dorsiflexion, and controls the timing and duration of personal nerve stimulation during the swing phase of gait. The duration of the stimulus is gradually increased along with the wearing of the Walkaide. Subjects will begin by wearing the prosthesis for 30 minutes. The wearing time will be increased to waking hours of the subject, depending on their age. The electrodes will be placed on the client before the session is to begin, and taken off immediately after WalkAide usage. The skin will be checked before and after WalkAide electrode usage. The skin will be cleaned with an alcohol wipe before the electrodes are applied.

This group of children will not receive Walk Aide training during the first six weeks of enrollment. This group will serve as a comparator group to Arm 1. After six weeks, children in this group will be given the option to complete the 6-week Walk Aide training protocol that is given in Arm 1.