Hi

Doability that Volaris walker looks a really mean beast! - looks like an excellent piece of design - I hadn't heard of it before.

I thought I would add to the conversation a fairly obvious thing to consider which you touched on, Doability; that is the difficulty our PD patients have with dual or multitasking and that adding a walking aid can complicate things for our paitients. The least they have to control the aid the better - so having to operate brakes, controlling and coordinating a stick etc - all make things harder for this group.

As far as things like ramps and lifts etc - depends where they up to in the progression of the disease but anything we can do to keep these patients as physically active as possible is a bonus. so we should think carefully about providing aids that encourage our patients to be more sedentary. On the other hand at the right time such things may be needed.