Body-weight support and personalized BFR systems offer different tools for clinician-directed loading strategies.
Source for this context: Owens Recovery Science: Delfi personalized BFR technology
What this changes.
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Change the load, keep the movement
AlterG treadmills use adjustable body-weight support for selected rehabilitation and training situations. The therapist controls how that tool fits the individual loading plan.
- Discuss why reduced loading may be useful.
- Ask how support and pace are progressed.
- Connect treadmill work with the activities you want to resume.
Official reference: AlterG: body-weight supported treadmill systems
Put the movement on the map
Dual force plates record forces during selected movement tests. A clinician can use the measurements to discuss strength, loading and change over time alongside the broader examination.
- Ask which test answers your functional question.
- Compare repeat measurements under similar conditions.
- Treat the result as one input to a clinical decision.
Official reference: VALD Health: ForceDecks dual force plates
The plan between appointments
A digital home exercise program can put the therapist’s selected movements, video guides and instructions within reach between visits. The prescription should change as the clinical picture changes.
- Make the instructions fit your space and equipment.
- Ask how to report symptoms or difficulty.
- Review the program rather than collecting exercises indefinitely.
Official reference: Medbridge: home exercise programs
Questions for the next conversation.
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