Category: Gait & Balance

Gait & Balance

Blood Pressure Drugs Can Greatly Increase Bone-Fracture, Fall Risk

Study authors say the increased bone-fracture risk stems from the medications’ tendency to impair balance.

Gait & Balance

Roswell Park Therapists Use DBWS for Cancer Patient Rehab

Physical therapists detailed how a dynamic body-weight support system (DBWS) was used in the rehabilitation of a cancer patient.

Gait & Balance

Getting REAL About Functional Therapy

Go inside the community simulation environment of Realistic Environment Applied Learning (REAL) therapy and learn how functional, task-specific treatment improves service delivery and patient outcomes. By Tracie Hunnicutt, MS, CCC-SLP; Julie Clement, OTR; and Susan Adix, PT.

Assessment & Evaluation

Improving the Accuracy of Markerless Gait Analysis

Researchers combine RGB camera-based pose estimation and an inertial measurement unit sensor to reduce errors in gait analysis.

Body Weight Support Systems

Balance Treatment Device GyroStim Receives FDA Clearance and Breakthrough Device Designation

GyroStim is reportedly the first FDA-cleared device for treating balance disorders to receive FDA designation as a Breakthrough Device.

Objective Data Measurement

New 100% Digital Patient Pathway is Here: HUNOVA

Smith+Nephew announces a marketing collaboration with Movendo Technology that will add personalized robotic patient rehabilitation capability to its Real Intelligence enabling technology solutions.

Gait Pressure Mapping

The F-Scan64: A Gait Data Collection System Built Inside the Shoe

Tekscan Inc introduces the F-Scan64, a wireless in-shoe pressure mapping system designed to collect gait data for clinical research.

Assistive Devices

Assistive Devices Give Kids a Mobility Boost

For the dependent child who is limited in gross motor ability, assistive devices encourage growth, participation, and engagement in their life, as this Rehab Management feature discusses.