APPARATUS TO FACILITATE UPRIGHT POSTURE AND IMPROVED GAIT VELOCITY IN THE ELDERLY AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME

摘要

A mobility apparatus for a patient permitting improved mobility is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame assembly, a locomotion assembly, a forearm support assembly, a kinematic and kinetic feedback assembly and optionally a back support assembly, where the apparatus provides mobility assistance, while permitting visualization of movement velocity, loaded and unloaded motion, and other information concerning a patients proper use of the mobility assistance apparatus.