Biodex Gait Trainer 3
More than just a rehabilitation treadmill…It is the most important improvement to gait training since the parallel bars.
The Gait Trainer 3 provides audio and visual biofeedback of step length and step speed.
The Biodex Gait Trainer™ 3 is more than just a rehabilitation treadmill… it is designed with an instrumental deck that issues both audio and visual real-time biofeedback to prompt patients into their correct gait pattern. Gait analysis and gait rehabilitation at its best; step length, step speed and right-to-left time distribution (step symmetry) are directly addressed. Patient footfall is compared to desired footfall step after step, both on the display in real time and documented in an easy to read histogram.
The Biodex Gait Trainer 3 is quiet, non-intimidating and allows the therapist to get in there and treat their patients. Real goals are monitored and progress reported. Objective documentation, with comparison to age- and gender-based normative data, helps prove need and document outcomes to family, referring physicians and insurance providers.
The Biodex Gait Trainer 3, with or without the Unweighing System for BWSTT, is suitable for all rehabilitation pathologies. Biodex has recently published Body Weight Support Treadmill Training (BWSTT) with Transition to Over Ground Ambulation: A Clinical Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Neurological Conditions using Biodex Unweighing System and Gait Trainer. The document classifies the neurologically involved patient, then steps the user through the various phases of recovery for profound, moderate and minimal neurological impairments.
The Gait Trainer 3 now has the option to add Integrated Music Therapy; Music Therapy is an evidence-based use of music in rehabilitation and medical settings to improve functional movement. It comes with a sound bar and integrated starter library of music therapy-informed compositions which use specifically chosen musical elements to facilitate proper gait patterns.
Prove Need. Progress. Outcome.
All test results and training sessions can be stored and printed. Comparison to normative data helps communicate need, progress and outcome.
Music Therapy
Music therapy is the use of music in rehabilitation and medical settings to improve functional movement, treating such conditions as:
- Parkinson’s disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Sensory Enhanced Option includes Music Therapists in the Plan of Care
Rhythmic Auditory Cueing (RAC) is well researched for its efficacy with the relationship between music and healing dating back to early civilisations. Working in conjunction with The Center for Music Therapy, Austin, TX, Biodex offers an integrated starter library of music therapy-informed compositions for the Gait Trainer 3. These high-quality recordings use specifically chosen musical elements to facilitate proper gait patterns. Therapists can easily adjust tempo during treatment, incorporate their own songs onto the trainer, and download music onto a patient’s mobile device for home use. The right music, the correct beats per minute (bpm) and gait repetition help reinforce neuroplasticity and get patients better, faster. Documented.
Treat More Patients with Music Therapy
The current ratio of physical therapists to music therapists is 30 to 1. The increasing rate of Parkinson’s diagnosis alone reinforces the need for greater access and more effective tools for treatment. Integrating music therapy with the Gait Trainer 3 becomes an efficient rehabilitation tool that enables the music therapist to treat more patients on a broader scale. The value of music therapy can now be measured – prove faster outcomes with documented, quantitative reporting.
The Biodex Gait Trainer 3 is an Ideal Platform for Integrating Music Therapy
Music tempo, or beats-per minute (bpm), can be managed to influence certain gait characteristics. Walking, or gait cycle time, can be described as steps-per-minute (spm). Biodex Gait Trainer 3 has the capability to control belt speed (individual’s walking speed) in units of spm (gait cycle time).
While the repetition of gait training encourages neuroplasticity, music therapy-informed compositions in the correct beats per minute (bpm) elicit the desired gait pattern. The Gait Trainer includes a starter library of compositions and enables music therapists to incorporate their own. Music can also be transferred to a patient’s personal device to reinforce learning outside the clinical setting.
The Gait Trainer 3 provides real-time biofeedback and quantifiably displays step length, step speed (spm) and step symmetry. With the Music Therapy option, the Gait Trainer 3 serves as a platform for rehabilitative collaboration.
How Music Therapy Impacts Physical Rehabilitation
Those affected by debilitating neuropathologies such as Parkinson’s, Stroke, Cerebral Palsy, and TBI will respond favorably to Rhythmic Auditory Cueing (RAC). When music carefully chosen for this purpose is applied by a therapist, the brain’s plasticity is enhanced, reorganising neuropathways to relax and/or induce muscles for movement. Fitting the music to patient synchronises gait for sensory-enhanced movement.
Walking can be aligned with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing (RAC) to improve step length, step speed (velocity) and step symmetry (left/right side deviations). The Qualitative component of what is done musically is quantified and documented by the system’s computer. The pre-test, comparison to normative data, and post test results are presented in scientific data; the songs, beats per minute, the dates and progress are now part of the treatment conversation, giving music therapists a greater voice in the plan of care.
Clinical Application
Biodex provides a manual and eLearning instructional videos to help choose which compositions are best suited for various clinical categories, for example:
Neurologic Diagnosis:
- Extreme gait impairment
- Moderate to severe gait impairment coupled with cognitive impairment
Orthopaedic Diagnosis:
- No cognitive impairment
Music Library
The Music Therapy option for the Biodex Gait Trainer 3 is accessed via USB flash drive that activates the music player software. A library of music therapy-informed compositions, as well as various metronome beats and tones are offered. Sound bar and bracket includes input for headphones and microphone.
Recorded Among Top Performers
Biodex Music Library contains recordings produced at historic and internationally renowned studios, known for high commitment to sound integrity and technological excellence. Locations include Premier Studios, New York City, NY, (where industry artists such as Madonna recorded “Erotica”) and Bismeaux Studio, Austin, TX, which has seen the likes of Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, Willie Nelson, George Strait and many others.
Silvery Moon Medley© is a music therapy arrangement that has a clear, complementary playback structure for walking patterns. Available in tempo ranges from 90-140 bpm.
Street Walking© is an original music therapy-informed composition provided at two different tempos between 60- and 140 bpm, each with a different arrangement, and geared toward specific movement needs. The composition provides a clear, complementary playback structure for walking patterns that are well below normal gait ranges.
Animals Everywhere© is an original music therapy-informed composition provided at five different tempos between 45- and 130 bpm, each with a different arrangement and geared toward initiation and continuation of gait at extremely impaired levels of steps per minute or beats per minute.
These songs are in 4/4-time signature, with distinct, consistent down beat, without the confusion of non-complementary instrumentation for gait training. Street Walking© and Animals Everywhere© were recorded in DXD format as is used in SACD, (Super Audio CD) for Full Analogue Bandwidth.
Additional non-music therapy-informed compositions of various genres and tempos, as well as a wide range of metronome tempos and sounds are available in the Biodex Music Library.
Silvery Moon Medley© is an original arrangement from The Centre for Music Therapy, Inc. Street Walking© and Animals Everywhere© are original compositions from The Centre for Music Therapy, Inc.
Gait Trainer 3 and Unweighing System
The Biodex Gait Training System
The Gait Trainer provides audio and visual biofeedback of step length and step speed. The Unweighing Support System provides assistance, helping patients regain their confidence, their strength and their stride. The Unweighing System, combined with the Gait Trainer 3 allows every patient the opportunity to get an early start on rehabilitation.
Applications
Goal: Develop symmetrical gait by improving step length, step speed and right to left time distribution. Gait Analysis, gait trainer, rehabilitation treadmill, gait rehabilitation for Older Adult Patients, Orthopaedic, Patients, Stroke/Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Amputation of Lower Extremity, Parkinson’s Disease, Patients with Neurological Involvement, Vestibular Patients.
How does the Gait Trainer 3 help?
– Audio and visual biofeedback prompts patients into a proper gait pattern
– Develops balance and coordination
– Develops strength and range of motion
– Increases cardiovascular capacity and endurance
– Provides a safe environment for patients and therapists
– Documents important gait parameters
Learn more about each application below:
Older Adult Patients
Orthopaedic Patients
Stroke/Traumatic Brain Injury
Spinal Cord Injury
Amputation of a Lower Extremity
Parkinson’s Disease
Specifications
| Dimensions: | 86″ l x 27″ w (218 x 69 cm) Walking Area: 64″ l x 20″ w (160 x 51 cm) Printer Stand: 24″ l x 24″ w (61 x 61 cm) |
| Deck: | 1″ thick (2.5 cm) reversible Teflon™ impregnated high-density composite fibre |
| Motor: | 2 HP with 4Q-Pulse Width Modulation Control |
| Speed Range: | Forward: 0-10 mph (0-16 km/h) Reverse: 0-3 mph (0-4.8 km/h) in 0.1 mph (.16 km/h) increments Gait Trainer Mode: Speed limited to 3 mph (4.8 km/h) |
| Elevation | 0-15% Grade |
| Heart Rate Monitoring: | Polar® contact handgrips (telemetry compatible) |
| Display: | 15.6″ (39.624 cm) All-in-One PC |
| Printer: | HP DeskJet |
| Power: | 230 VAC, 50/60 Hz |
| User Capacity: | 400 lb (182 kg) |
| Weight: | 395 lb (179 kg) |
| Certification: | ETL listed to UL 60601-1 and CAN/CSA C22.2 No.:601.1.M90. CE conformity to EN 60601-1, EMC compliance to EN 60601-1-2. |
| Warranty: | Two-years parts; one-year labour |
Models
950-401 Gait Trainer™ 3 – Includes support bar
950-403 Gait Trainer™ 3 – Includes Extended Handrails
950-407 Gait Trainer™ 3 – Includes Geriatric/Pediatric Handrails
Optional: 950-413 Integrated Music Therapy Package
Compatible with Biodex Gait Trainer™ 3 featuring Windows OS. Includes music therapy and sound bar.
