Jerrold S. Petrofsky 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 develop.[2] Their story became the inspiration for the television movie First Steps.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Schools | Loma Linda University". Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 3, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "First Steps (TV Movie 1985) - IMDb". IMDb.
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