Technology

Playing video games can be beneficial to an individual’s mental health, have social benefits and also be great for sensory stimulation. Good Shepherd offers various adaptive game controllers and set-ups designed to meet the needs of gamers — no matter their abilities.

The Bertec uses virtual reality to treat people with sensory processing disorders, balance deficits and brain injuries. The system can incrementally step up the challenge to gradually retrain the brain to overcome balance disorders.

Ekso is a wearable, bionic suit that enables people with lower extremity paralysis or weakness to stand and walk through the use of robotics after stroke, spinal cord injury or brain injury. The battery-powered motors drive patients’ legs and replace neuro-muscular function to help regain the ability to walk quicker.

Using light detection and ranging (a.k.a. lidar) technology that is commonly used for creating high-resolution maps, Kinotek provides precise 3D assessments of patients’ movements, allowing for accurate tracking throughout their rehabilitation journey. Patients can see objective insights and 3D visuals, which helps clinicians tailor individual care plans and shows their progress over time, ensuring you get the most out of your rehabilitation. The technology is available at several Good Shepherd outpatient sites throughout eastern Pennsylvania.

Dizziness and vertigo can be debilitating conditions. RealEyes goggles can assist therapists in identifying and treating these types of issues. The goggles feature infrared video cameras that record eye movements for treatment of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Clinicians can review to identify the movements associated with BPPV and determine the necessary treatment to eliminate symptoms.

The Redcord system features anti-gravity suspension and sling-based exercises with a focus on neuromuscular activation. Redcord therapy can help patients reduce pain, regain neuromuscular control or normal range of motion, and can also help patients tolerate therapies more easily.

Good Shepherd provides three sizes of Trexo, a robotic wearable device that allows children with lower-extremity weakness and/or spasticity to get on their feet and walk — maybe even for the first time. This gait training technology is offered to patients in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings to encourage independence and physical activity.

The Universal Exercise Unit (also known as the Spider Cage) is a suspension and pully system that helps pediatric patients who have neurological diagnoses or developmental delays increase their independence through functional strength and balance activities, like sitting, crawling, standing and walking. The unit also targets vestibular function and integrates the sensory system.

The Woodway Split-Belt Treadmill provides patients the ability to control each leg independently on two split-belts that can move together or at different speeds. The Woodway Split-Belt Treadmill is useful for patients who have suffered a stroke, spinal cord injury or brain injury among other conditions.

Offered in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings, the ZeroG Gait and Balance System is used for patients with all levels of traumatic injuries and disorders to safely practice walking. Using an overhead track and harness system, patients practice walking, balance tasks and sit-to-stand maneuvers while the system provides dynamic body-weight support.