ZeroG: Overground gait and balance training system

ZeroG: overground gait and balance training system.

A new overground body-weight support system called ZeroG has been developed that allows patients with severe gait impairments to practice gait and balance activities in a safe, controlled manner. The unloading system is capable of providing up to 300 lb of static support and 150 lb of dynamic (or constant force) support using a custom-series elastic actuator. The unloading system is mounted to ...

JRRD at a Glance ZeroG: Overground gait and balance training system

We present a new overground body-weight support (BWS) system called ZeroG that allows patients to practice gait, balance, and postural activities in a safe, controlled manner. The system can provide static or dynamic BWS, and because it is mounted overhead on a custom track, patients can practice walking on flat surfaces, rough terrain, and stairs. In addition, ZeroG uses an active trolley syst...

KineAssist: design and development of a robotic overground gait and balance therapy device.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Balance and mobility training consists of activities that carry a high risk for falling. The purpose of this article is to describe a novel robotic system for allowing challenging, yet safe, balance and mobility training in persons at high risk for falls. METHOD With no initial preconceptions of what device we would build, a user-needs analysis led us to focus on increa...

Clinical gait analysis : Treadmill - based vs overground

Overground physical therapy gait training for chronic stroke patients with mobility deficits.

BACKGROUND Overground gait training forms a major part of physical therapy services for chronic stroke patients in almost every setting. Overground gait training refers to physical therapists' observation and cueing of the patient's walking pattern along with related exercises, but does not include high-technology aids such as functional electrical stimulation or body weight support. OBJECTIV...