Rehawalk - Gait Analysis

The technological possibilities of RehaWalk® offer a complete adaptation to the patient's needs: from patients in wheelchairs over those with reduced mobility to the ones being capable of walking – the components can be adjusted to any application orientating themselves at the therapist. RehaWalk® thus is positioned between the robot-assisted locomotion therapy and the manual gait therapy.

In addition to a treadmill, Rehawalk® includes a unit for adaptive visual cueing through the projection of gait patterns on the treating surface. Virtual feedback training happens simultaneously with the help of a large monitor mounted in front of the treadmill.

Benefits of the RehaWalk® concept at a glance: 

• Integrated pressure sensor matrix: The treadmills can be equipped with arm support and a safety arch. Underneath the belt, a pressure sensor matrix is installed featuring several thousand calibrated, capacitive pressure sensors. The belt movement is compensated such that stable gait and roll-off parameters can be analyzed.
• balance analysis, balance training, visual stimulation: A module for stance and balance analysis as well as balance training is optionally available.
• Supports therapists, doctors, coaches, and podiatrists in gait analysis and therapy
• Possible fields of application: rehabilitation torn ligaments, bone fracture, muscular injuries
• Trains cognition, coordination, postural control, and sensorimotor functions for improved fall prevention and daily life
• Automation of the gait through a high number of step repetitions
• Possibility to support and correct the gait through intuitive software suite FDM
• Gait analysis through time-synchronous video recording and pressure distribution measurement
• Gait training through visual and acoustic cueing as well as a virtual feedback
• Dual task training in virtual surroundings with coordinative and cognitive tasks
• Weight relief through optional arm supports and un-weighting system
• Preventing the patient from falling during training through safety

With the treadmill systems the following additional possibilities arise:

• Automation of the aisle through a high number of step repetitions
• gait training through virtual feedback
• Dual-task training in a virtual environment with coordinative and cognitive tasks
• Weight relief through optional armrests
• Protection of the patient during the training with crash bars