Category Archives: Orthopedics

New Journal Article Highlights Potential Benefits of Lower Body Positive Pressure In Orthopedic Rehabilitation

By Jacon Chun MPT SCS ATC CSCS | Published: July 16, 2010
A journal article published in the June 2010 issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation concluded that lower body positive pressure (LBPP) treadmill training devices could be highly effective for rehabilitation after orthopedic injuries and/or orthopedic procedures. Body weight support has been used historically to unweight the lower extremities in orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation. [...]
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Good Research is Hard to Do…

By Dev Mishra MD | Published: July 7, 2010
As Chief Medical Officer at AlterG, a large part of my job is to help us organize and oversee the research efforts of our fantastic independent researchers.  We hear directly from some of our customers that high quality research is important to help give scientific validity to the excellent results they see in working with [...]
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Practice Makes Perfect: Q & A with Current AlterG Users

By Jacon Chun MPT SCS ATC CSCS | Published: May 25, 2010
On Monday, I had the opportunity to meet with Darwin Fogt, MPT and President of Evolution Physical Therapy. We got to chat a little about how he is using the AlterG in his practice. He has a beautiful facility in a penthouse suite across from the Los Angeles Clippers practice facility. You can read [...]
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The AlterG Blog

By Kate | Published: January 22, 2010
Welcome to the AlterG Blog!  This Blog is part of our effort to create a community for AlterG customers, patients, clinicians, researchers and fans to talk about rehabilitation, training and helping people achieve their personal health goals. We have been working on the launch of the Blog for some time now because there are so many [...]
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