Jerrold S. Petrofsky

Jerrold S. Petrofsky, PhD is a professor of physical therapy at Loma Linda University in the School of Allied Health Professions.^[1]
He is best known for his development while at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio of a portable computer system which stimulated the leg muscles of paralysis victims allowing them control of their lower extremities. In November 1982 he rose to prominence when a student, Nan Davis, who had been paralyzed from the waist down for four years was made able to walk using technology Petrofsky helped developed.^[2] Their story became the inspiration for the television move, "First Steps".^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.llu.edu/llu/faculty/directory/faculty.html?id=jpetrofsky
2. ^ http://www.wright.edu/~aja.ash/publicity.html
3. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089147/

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