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'Anti-Gravity' Treadmills Speed Rehabilitation
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2009 |
Category: |
Health and Medicine |
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| Page: |
40 |
Center: |
Ames Research Center |
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CA |
Manufacturer: |
Alter-G Inc. |
| Origin: |
Astronaut life support |
| Tech Terms: |
musculoskeletal fitness, treadmill, anti-gravity, air pressure, unloading, unweighing, rehabilitation, athletic injury, medical, health, military, head injury, walk, weightlessness, space station, ISS |
| Abstract: |
| A former Ames Research Center engineer, Dr. Robert Whalen, invented a treadmill that he licensed to a Menlo Park, California company, Alter-G Inc. The company's G-Trainer is an enclosed treadmill that uses air pressure to help patients feel up to 80-percent lighter, easing discomfort during rehabilitation. A patient desiring more weightlessness during a workout can simply press a button and the air pressure increases, lifting the body and reducing strain and impact. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the G-Trainer for medical use in January 2008, and researchers are now assessing the G-Trainer's effectiveness in aiding patients with various neurological or musculoskeletal conditions. |
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