Geriatric Patients

GlideTrak™provides what older patients need the most: Safe exercise and gait training that is gentle on sensitive joints. With GlideTrak™ patients are free to enjoy faster walking and longer duration exercise beyond their limitations.

 

With aging, our exercise options become more limited. For many people, low-impact exercise is not sufficiently pain free, functional or supportive. GlideTrak™ advances patients beyond low impact therapy to create a virtually unweighted walking, running and gait training experience. With GlideTrak™, exercise and upright mobility are available to many more people, even those who never expected to walk or run again!

SAFE TREADMILL ACCESS FOR SENIORS

• Unique seat support and shoulder/chest harness make treadmill exercise and gait training accessible to seniors who would otherwise not feel safe on a treadmill
• Easier on upper extremities and more secure than gait training in parallel bars or a walker
• Treadmill exercise becomes safe at any desired intensity

SAFETY FEATURES

Shoulder arrest harness or optional full balance harness provides safety and stability while walking or jogging and eliminates fear of falling while upright

 

BEYOND LOW IMPACT THERAPY

• Patients simply reduce weight bearing until pain free exercise is achieved
• Greatly reduces stress on sensitive tissues and joints
• GlideTrak™ is a perfect alternative for those who experience pain from cycling and elliptical training or those limited to walking only on regular treadmills

EXERCISE ENHANCEMENT

• Regardless of age, injury or mobility limitations, many patients can now experience greatly enhanced gait and exercise ability on the GlideTrak™
• With GlideTrak™ Body Unweighting, patients can exercise faster, longer and reach new aerobic exercise levels

MAXIMUM MOTION (Including Hip Extension)

• GlideTrak™ helps patients achieve full range of motion at the hip, knee and ankle similar to running and walking
• This extended motion is greater than on other exercise machines and is a key element of optimal function
• Look closely and you will see that as the pelvic pad stabilizes the ilium from the front, each step results in the hip being maximally extended, similar to a stretch in the Thomas Test Position.  This extra hip extension is a bonus not achieved on other exercise machines.

BOOSTS BALANCE AND CONFIDENCE

• Challenges core and back muscles similar to exercising on a therapy ball
• Important for reducing fall risk and improving confidence

TARGETS HARD TO STRENGTHEN MUSCLE GROUPS

• Includes the legs, core and postural muscles which is the goal of many boomer and senior exercise programs

FUNCTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS

• When patients are able to exercise faster than the limitations of their pathologies, they often see improvements that carry over into functional activities and gait
• Neurological patients have greatly improved gait speed and smoothness and have reduced foot drop, hip circumduction and trunk rigidity
• Orthopedic patients may normalize gait and running motion sooner when unweighted
• Patients benefit from active recovery with safely increased exercise volumes and decreased disuse when unweighted

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