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application, indication, contra-indication
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Further literature about gait analysis, approving the benefit of using treadmills:
http://www.ortholine.de/09_nagel.pdf
Instrumentale Ganganalyse – Praktische Anwendung und Versorgungsbeispiele
Versorgungsbeispiel 1: Bewegungsanalyse und Einlagen
Dr. rer. medic. A. Nagel / Dr. med. A. Spitz
[5.G]
Application gait analysis and rehabilitation on the treadmill with neurologic patients
(not for sports machines; only for medical running machines with
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mark on nameplate)
For neurologic application the h/p/cosmos locomotion with unweighting system airwalk se is the recommended solution.
Neurologic gait therapy could be performed using any h/p/cosmos treadmill, but with less comfort.
Manual locomotion therapy is the basis of physiologic treatment of neuologic patients. The patient walks on the treadmill
while the therapist is sitting next to it, supporting and correcting the patients motion.
As for neurologic patients only very low speed is needed, it makes most sense to control the treadmill in the “manual
mode” at a speed of 0.1 to 6.0 km/h.
[5.G1]
Indications
Pathologic gate pattern, e.g. after a stroke
(gait analysis and gait correction as well as rehabilitation of stroke patients)
[5.G2]
Benefit
With the aid of additional safety equipment such as an unweighting system or arm support gait training can be
carried out in a controlled surrounding on the treadmill.
The additional safety equipment prevents from falling and the duration of therapy can be increased.
By motion support in manual locomotion therapy the still adaptive neuronal system is stimulated and for many
patients an improvement of the motion pattern can be reached under safe circumstances.