Electromechanical and robotic-assisted walking training devices are used in rehabilitation and may help improve walking in patients after stroke. These devices have mechanical and movement effects in organs, areas or joints, which are referred to three devices:
1. Back and neck traction
Physiotherapy with spinal traction is a treatment method to reduce spinal pressure. This treatment method is effective in reducing the symptoms caused by chronic neck pains after working for a long time with the computer and chronic back pains caused by sitting for a long time.
Application of physiotherapy with spinal traction
Pressure on the spine is usually caused by herniated, slipped or degenerated discs. Also, as people age, the discs between the bones of the spine lose their fluid. As a result, the spine is compressed and spinal traction has good results in reducing the pain and symptoms of these diseases. Decompression on the spine can be done in two ways:
- Surgical procedure
- Non-surgical methods
Spinal decompression surgery includes laminectomy and microdiscectomy. It can be said that physiotherapy with spine traction is a safe and effective alternative to relieve pressure on the spine and relieve back pain.
How spinal traction works
Spinal traction therapy is a non-surgical treatment for spinal decompression. This method is a motorized stretching therapy in which the spine is gently stretched. As a result of this stretching, changing the position of the spine and its rotation reduces the pressure on the spinal discs and nerves.
This reduction in internal pressure helps reduce pain and inflammation in the lower back. This method is especially useful for treating back pain caused by stress and chronic back pain that worsens with age.
In non-surgical spinal decompression therapy, the spine is alternately stretched and relaxed using precise computer calculations. To create enough tension and tension to achieve the desired results. When the spine is stretched by the machine, the lost spinal fluid is replaced and the spinal discs repaired.
A treatment plan for spinal problems may also include other treatment options to help speed up treatment results, such as: heat and cold therapy, electrical stimulation, modal therapy, and dry needling.
The success rate of physiotherapy with spinal traction
A review of the recent medical literature showed that the clinical results of spinal decompression treatment with the spinal traction method have been effective in a high percentage of people. Most patients receiving this method find long-term relief after completing the entire treatment program.
2. CPM machine (autoflex)
CPM is one of the devices used in Mahan physiotherapy clinics, which plays an effective role in improving joint function and speeds up the healing process. By creating continuous passive movement, the CPM device helps to maintain and improve the range of motion of the joints after injuries or after orthopedic surgeries. Limitation of range of motion is one of the most important complications of joint diseases and after orthopedic surgeries, which can be improved with physiotherapy solutions.
This widely used device in physiotherapy clinics plays an effective role in reducing complications caused by reduced mobility by creating slow and continuous and involuntary movement in the joints. By making movements in the organs and joints, the CPM device helps to restore the range of motion in the damaged joints. The physiotherapist uses this device to help create mobility in the knee, hip, ankle, shoulder, elbow and wrist joints.
When the patient is unable to perform active movements due to his illness and problem, using this device is very suitable to help reduce the complications caused by reduced mobility. This treatment method plays an effective role in preventing dry joints, tissue adhesions and destruction of joint cartilage. By moving the injured joint in the right direction, at the right speed, and continuously by helping to improve blood circulation, the CPM device helps in the process of rebuilding the damaged tissues and reducing inflammation and edema caused by the injury.
Compensating the immobility of the joint is one of the most important uses of this device and in preventing the development and progression of adhesions in the joint, reducing stiffness in the joint, reducing pain after surgery, improving food absorption in the injured limb and reducing recovery time after surgery. Among the most important advantages of using CPM in physiotherapy clinics. Rehabilitation after orthopedic surgeries, especially hip and knee joint replacement surgery, is very important and this device is known as an effective solution in this direction.
CPM applications
- After joint replacement surgeries
- After knee joint surgeries
- After reconstruction surgeries of damaged joints
- After surgery of joint capsule adhesions
- After rotator cuff surgery
Benefits of CPM
- Reduce and eliminate pain
- Increase joint flexibility
- Improve blood circulation
- Prevention of adhesion in damaged body tissues
- Speeding up the repair of damaged ligaments
- Accelerating recovery after sports injuries
- Reducing swelling and inflammation in the damaged tissue of the body
- Prevention of short joints
- Increase the range of motion of the joints
- Regeneration of damaged cartilage
- Prevention of muscle weakness in devices equipped with isokinetic and resistance movements
- Reducing joint stiffness
- Reducing the time to return to the normal range of motion of the joint
- Facilitating the movement of synovial fluid around the affected joint
3. Physiogan
The physiotherapist works by applying small, targeted amounts of force—the smallest amount that is not felt more than a jolt—to the part of the musculoskeletal system that needs to be adjusted. After placing the tool on the body, it delivers a series of gentle, painless strokes that move the joints enough to relieve nerve pressure or correct a minor misalignment that is causing serious balance problems.
The device settings allow us to program it at different power levels while ensuring that the amount of force applied remains uniform.
Physiogan is so delicate in its work that the body allows it to have its effect without pressure and resistance, while the traditional work of manual therapy of the body shows resistance to manual treatment. The lack of muscle resistance not only makes this method effective, but also allows it to work faster. In fact, physiotherapist can perform a movement therapy up to a hundred times faster than a standard manual movement therapy. The different settings of the device in the Physiogan tool (chiropractic gun) allow us to use it in different parts of the body and for all kinds of problems.
Electromechanical equipment in Mahan Physiotherapy Clinic
After a stroke, people who receive walking training with electromechanical devices combined with physical therapy are better able to walk unaided than people who receive this type of training without these devices. The role of the type of device is not yet clear. In Mahan Physiotherapy, back and neck traction, CPM and physiognomy of lower and upper limb joints are performed by experienced physiotherapists.