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The Lokomat
Robotic Locomotor training is the most advanced, innovative therapy currently employed by the World’s leading Neuro Rehabilitative Institutions.
The Lokomat provides ‘gait training’ by moving the legs in a normal physiological pattern that helps the spinal cord and brain to relearn the walking process; this is referred to as ‘neuroplasticity and functional restoration’.
A computer records precise movement measurements and plots them on a graph, which is displayed in real time on a nearby monitor and allows patients and therapists to track and record individual progress.
There are over 130 Lokomats world wide. 1 is installed in Australia @ Hypermed, Collins St Melbourne.
The Swiss-manufactured exoskeleton robot, called the Lokomat, delivers power to the hip and knee joints of the patient, whose legs are strapped to the machine. The patient is suspended over a treadmill with a certain percentage of the body weight supported by a harness. The Lokomat moves the patient’s legs in a walking pattern.
Researchers say the repetitive training in movement can, in time, help patients redevelop and regain functional walking patterns. “Everyone gets stronger; everyone gets faster,” says George Hornby, PhD, PT, research assistant professor at RIC.
“One patient was a 13-year-old girl who had a diving accident and had no movement in her legs for five weeks. We trained her for eight weeks in the robot, and she was able to walk 250 feet. Statistically, she only had a 10% to 30% chance of walking two years after the injury. Now it’s been a year since her injury, and she doesn’t use a wheelchair at all; and she walks over ground with the help of crutches,” he adds.
Cost of Installation of Lokomat to Hypermed Australia:
AUS $600 000.00
Cost per annunum for Isabel: $25000.00