Specialized, Leading Edge Rehabilitation Equipment at
AristaCare at Whiting
Rehab Program Overview
Our rehab services utilize
the latest programs, and the finest new equipment and
devices to ensure that you receive the highest caliber acute
level resources up to seven days a week. Our expert rehab
team is constantly setting higher goals for our patients,
and the positive encouragement and supportive environment we
offer helps our patients push themselves further. We are
also equipped with a variety of other balance devices,
ergometers, bikes, weights and other pieces of equipment
that assist us in reaching the highest level of functioning
with all of our patients in the most expeditious manner.
 Biodex
Balance System
This balance system is used for both assessment and
treatment. It tests balance in four different ways: postural
stability; limits of stability; single leg stability and
fall risk testing. The measurements from each test are
clearly defined and objective. These results are printed out
and used for comparison in future tests to demonstrate a
patient’s progress. The treatment mode of this system has
several different components which train the patient in
their areas of deficiency. The training mode has a high
patient compliance due to its game-like quality.
 Biodex
Gait Trainer
This treadmill system is used for assessment and treatment.
In the assessment mode, the therapist is able to print out
objective measurements about various components of the gait
pattern. In the training mode, a computer screen shows the
patient their actual gait pattern and gives them cues as to
what to do to normalize the gait pattern. It works as a type
of visual biofeedback.
LiteGait®
 As
part of our commitment to providing the very best in patient
care, we are proud to incorporate LiteGait®, a device which
facilitates effective, efficient training of posture,
balance and locomotion, while keeping the patient safely
supported. As a gait therapy device which promotes the
generation of normal walking patterns, LiteGait
represents a major advancement in clinical gait therapy.
The unique design of LiteGait:
- facilitates proper upright
posture
- allows the normal leg extension
required for proper gait
- eliminates the risk and fear of
falling
- is like an extra set of hands
for therapists
- frees the therapist to observe
gait patterns and make manual corrections in limb
placement, weight shift, and step timing
- stimulates walking when used
over treadmill
- lets patient easily move from
treadmill gait therapy to over ground walking, aiding in
the transfer of newly developed gait patterns
- allows training with an
assistive device, making the transition to or from the
assistive device safe and effective
- gives clinicians more treatment
options with the versatile FlexAble™ Yoke
The partial weight bearing gait therapy
approach has been shown to be effective for a variety of
diagnoses including patients with CVA (Stroke), Spinal Cord
Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Amputees, and other
neurological (Parkinson's, MS) and orthopedic conditions.
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