Her treatment plan included one of the most advanced technologies
A robot treats a young Emirati woman from "coordination disorder"
Amira: “Walking was a dream, and now my life has changed radically and I am able to move.”
Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, a facility of the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA), the largest health care provider network in the United Arab Emirates, has successfully treated a young Emirati woman suffering from coordination disorder, or what is known as “Frederic Ataxia”, a genetic disease that affects the nervous system and causes movement problems.
When the young Emirati woman (Amira) visited the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, for the first time, she was unable to move her legs since birth, so the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team developed an intensive treatment plan customized for her condition and followed her closely to reach her The recovery phase, as this plan included one of the latest advanced treatment technologies, the Locomat device, the newest device in the center. Locomat is a highly specialized exoskeleton robotic device designed to assist adult patients and children with severe mobility impairments who need to learn to walk again.
The Executive Director of Medical Affairs at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Dr. Nawal Al Kaabi, stressed the keenness to provide a world-class treatment program to the UAE community, and to seek to benefit from the latest medical developments, to improve the quality of health care and clinical outcomes for patients.
"We strive to provide comprehensive treatment plans aimed at improving the quality of life of our patients, enabling them to regain movement, and relieving their pain," said Senior Physiotherapist at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Nevin Nabil Zaitoun.
"Walking was just a dream for me, and now my life has changed radically, as I am able to move," said Amira, 20, who graduated from the Faculty of Law and International Relations.
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