Category: Gait & Balance

Gait & Balance

LewisGale Medical Center Debuts VR Treadmill

LewisGale Medical Center debuted a new virtual reality treadmill for its inpatient physical rehabilitation unit.

Gait & Balance

Faster Knee for Better Walking After Knee Surgery

Knee extension velocity while seated strongly predicts walking performance in elderly patients after knee surgery, scientists suggest.

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

ProtoKinetics COO Michael Rowling Appears in Cover Story for Pharma Tech Outlook

Michael Rowling, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Business Development for ProtoKinetics, Havertown, Pa., is featured in the cover story of the September Pharma Tech Outlook with an informative look at the impact the company's technologies have had on healthcare clinicians and researchers.

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

Researchers Develop Walk-IT, a ‘Smart’ Rollator for Clinical Rehabilitation

Researchers have created Walk-IT, an "intelligent" rollator that evaluates patient movements to improve rehabilitation.