Therapeutic Technology

Innovative Solutions for Superior Outcomes

New technology continues to push the boundaries of what once was considered full recovery from certain injuries or conditions. Today, for instance, top inpatient rehabilitation facilities deploy robotic tools that give stroke patients the ability to use their upper extremities again or help spinal cord injury patients with early ambulation.

Our hospital provides such leading-edge technology – as well as therapists trained to use it best – to ensure our patients are positioned to recover as quickly as possible.

Here are some examples of some of the industry’s best technology deployed at our hospital:

Rise&Walk InClinic Robotics

The Rise&Walk®, a full-spectrum gait trainer, is rehabilitation technology designed to provide activity-based therapy in seated, standing, and walking modes. The adjustable assistance features are designed to challenge users and promote functional recovery.  It targets muscle groups important for walking and facilitates locomotor-related movements to help a wide range of patients recovering from neurological injuries. It is the first-ever sit-and-stand device that replicates up to three different therapy modalities, giving clinicians more flexibility in a therapy session.

Senaptec Sensory Station

The Senaptec Sensory Station is a state-of-art sensory evaluation and training station that assesses ten visual and sensorimotor skills. The technology measures and trains an individual’s strengths and opportunities to improve sensory performance. The Senaptec Sensory Station is a software solution that provides a comprehensive sensory evaluation and training to maximize performance.

Ampcare ESP

Ampcare ESP is a specialized treatment to help patients improve their swallowing ability so they can eat and drink normal food textures. The equipment has electrical stimulation pads that go to the swallowing muscles to assist a patient with their swallowing ability. It stimulates important swallow anatomy, providing airway resistance and speeds up airway closure time, thus reducing chances of aspiration.

TecnoBody^® Isofree 

The TecnoBody® Isofree system was designed to treat anyone looking to improve balance, stability, and functional mobility. It addresses a wide variety of pathologies and is a good tool to use in conjunction with traditional therapeutic interventions. TecnoBody Isofree allows for enhancing kinesthetic and proprioceptive awareness during functional tasks as well as working on improving reflex mechanisms that play a role in maintaining balance and decreasing the risk of falls. All of this is facilitated via biofeedback that is provided throughout the activity by the interconnected sensor platform and 3D camera.

Smart Car

Our Smart Car is fully integrated into our rehab gym, allowing our patients to learn and practice car transfer skills year-round at any time during a treatment session. Car transfer training activities are essential to prepare our patients for community reintegration and setting them up for success when getting back to their daily activities.

Vector Gait and Safety System 

The Vector Gait and Safety System is a ceiling-mounted harness that automatically adjusts to the patient's center of gravity as they move. It allows patients to experience how it feels to fall and be caught, which can help them feel more comfortable and confident in the system to perform a variety of activities while maintaining a consistent level of body weight support. It also allows therapists to focus on the quality of movement and the overall mobility activity. The Vector can help patients with a range of mobility levels and is used to treat a variety of conditions, including stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, and Parkinson's disease. It can also be used for orthopedic injuries.

SaeboMAS

The SaeboMAS is a zero-gravity upper extremity device used to facilitate or challenge the weakened shoulder during functional tasks, such as eating or combing your hair. This device is used with patients with neurological and orthopedic conditions resulting in shoulder weakness. The adjustable spring-based tension system offers variable levels of assistance as the patient’s strength improves and makes it easy to track and document progress. It can be used to increase strength, range of motion, and motor control and encourage neuroplasticity by allowing the opportunity for highly repetitive tasks.

LiteGait^®

LiteGait^® is a body-weight support system and gait training device that provides a safe environment for patients to participate in gait training over a treadmill or over the ground. This system allows patients to begin gait training earlier in the rehabilitation process and at a lower level than would be feasible with any other assistive device available. The LiteGait system eliminates the fear of falling and/or loss of balance with standing and walking tasks and allows the therapist the ability to provide manual assistance to the legs and pelvis throughout the gait cycle to facilitate proper gait patterns.