RUNNER-UP: LiteGait

A gait training device from Mobility Research that provides proper posture, reduces weight bearing, eliminates concerns for balance, and facilitates the training of coordinated lower extremity movement.

 

The LiteGait is the essential tool for every stop in the continuum of care & providing hope for a wide variety of diagnosis. Patients with: SCI, CVA, CP, PD, MS, vestibulopathy, imbalance, pain, arthritis, neuropathy and more are aided to greater independence with the LiteGait. I additionally nominate the LiteGait because it allows my treatment to be both intense and safe at the same time. Evidence and experience make the LiteGait my MVP”

-Mike Studer, PT, MHS, NCS, vice chair of the Balance and Falls SIG of the Geriatric Section of APTA, and former vice president of the Neurology Section of APTA.


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Therapy Times’ 2009 MVP Awards

The most valuable products in the therapy industry

07.20.09

"Therapy Times is proud to present the 2009 Most Valuable Products MVP awards for exemplary products in the therapy industry, which are backed by therapists’ recommendations and deserving of the title, "Therapy Times MVP.""

The ballots have been cast, the votes have been tallied, and the winners have been chosen for Therapy Times' 2009 Most Valuable Products awards competition!

 

In an effort to see what products were most useful to today's therapy professionals, we went right to the experts: You. From hundreds of; helpful reader responses and nominations, we were able to compile repertoire of products for each therapy community that have had the greatest influence on today’s therapy profession

 

Once we had compiled our nominees, we opened the voting booths to our readers, associates, and visitors, to determine for themselves which tools, equipment, accessories were integral to the success of their field or practice. Now, after an anxious waiting period Therapy Times is proud to present the 2009 Most Valuable Products awards for exemplary products in the therapy industry, backed by therapists’ recommendations and truly deserving of the title, “Therapy Times MVP”

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