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The NeuroGym®
Ankle Trainer is a lightweight, portable device with an axle and foot platform
that can be locked into place.
This unique
design permits training in dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, inversion, eversion,
internal and external rotation - motions that are difficult to isolate and
specifically strengthen.
Unlike other ankle training devices where the ankle is weighted and
movement is not isolated from that of the lower extremity, the Ankle
Trainer enables intensive, controlled rehabilitation of the targeted
ankle muscles.
The use of elastic tubing or pulley weights that can be attached at
multiple points on the Ankle Trainer promote graduated strength
training. For the paretic ankle, the Ankle Trainer permits
active-assisted movement when ankle strength and control is minimal.
The
Instrumented Ankle Trainer is equipped with two potentiometers built into the
standard Trainer, which sense motion in the two different planes of ankle
movement. In combination with the NeuroGym Trainer, a biofeedback-based games
program, the Trainer provides automatic reinforcement and allows for high
intensity ankle training with the option of encouraging or discouraging wanted
or unwanted movement respectively.
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