ZeroG Gait and Balance System at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute
St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute has installed new robotic body-weight equipment called ZeroG Gait and Balance System to help people learn to walk and gain balance again. The equipment will help patients after spinal cord and brain injuries, stroke, MS diagnosis, Parkinson’s disease and even lower extremity amputations. St. Luke’s says it is is the only device of its kind in the Inland Northwest and expected to serve 1,000 patients a year.
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Jake Allstot, left, Assistant Manager of Rehabilitation at St. Lukes demonstrates how he guides Cameron Tweedy, 21, through balance exercises while using a ZeroG Gait and Balance System during a staged demonstration of the machine and Tweedy's recovery process on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Center in Spokane, Wash. According to the manufacturer's website, the "ZeroG Gait and Balance System by Aretech uses dynamic body-weight support and fall protection for intensive gait and balance therapy."
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Jake Allstot, assistant manager of rehabilitation at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, helps Cameron Tweedy into a ZeroG Gait and Balance System during a demonstration of the machine and Tweedy’s recovery process on Jan. 30 at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute in Spokane.
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Jake Allstot, left, Assistant Manager of Rehabilitation at St. Lukes uses a cellphone to monitor parameters as he helps Cameron Tweedy, 21, rehabilitate with a ZeroG Gait and Balance System during a staged demonstration of the machine and Tweedy's recovery process on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Center in Spokane, Wash. According to the manufacturer's website, the "ZeroG Gait and Balance System by Aretech uses dynamic body-weight support and fall protection for intensive gait and balance therapy."
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Cameron Tweedy, 21, is reflected in a poster detailing muscle groups during a staged demonstration of the ZeroG Gait and Balance System and Tweedy's recovery process on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Center in Spokane, Wash. According to the manufacturer's website, the "ZeroG Gait and Balance System by Aretech uses dynamic body-weight support and fall protection for intensive gait and balance therapy."
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Neurophysical therapist Sarah Gross, left and Jake Allstot, right, Assistant manager of rehabilitation at St. Luke's help Cameron Tweedy, 21, center, out of a chair with the aid of a ZeroG Gait and Balance System during a staged demonstration of the machine and Tweedy's recovery process on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Center in Spokane, Wash. According to the manufacturer's website, the "ZeroG Gait and Balance System by Aretech uses dynamic body-weight support and fall protection for intensive gait and balance therapy."
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