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Table 4. Advanced overground gait training systems with body support applying the principle ‘System Follows Patient’. System Advantages Disadvantages ‘Andago (Hocoma)'°7 ZeroG??-'08 Vector Gait and Safety System! !!! SafeGait!!™'" NaviGaitor®? ‘Argos (NASA)!'#!'5 Dynamic asymmetric body weight support (BW) enables proper lateral weight shift Allows turning, stopping, avoiding obstacles in various daily-lfe environments Frame smaller than classic doorframe. Hands-free No dedicated space needed Movement with predefined unidirectional trajectory and overhead support system Possibility of active free choice training with controlled sensorized BWS Real-time biofeedback of movements to challenge postural control and dynamic stability The active trolley minimizes the horizontal forces the patient experience during gait Possibility of climbing and overpassing obstacles Movement with predefined unidirectional trajectory overhead support system Unweighting system and fall prevention Movement with predefined unidirectional trajectory overhead support system Unweighting system and fall prevention Movement with free 3D trajectory Overhead support systems Unweighting system and fall prevention Movement with free 3D trajectory Highly adjustable unweighting system Body weight supported from behind (mast + passive pelvic frame) ‘Active mast for body position changes Designed for astronaut low gravity ambulation training ‘The patient can swing in the harness without control over trunk and girdles The personal space defined by the system is limited and should be carefully administered ‘while moving in a given built or natural space Enables walking on a predefined line with no turning and no obstacle avoidance possibility No active postural support (only fall prevention) No pelvic frame Enables walking only on a predefined circuit No active postural support only fall prevention No pelvic frame Enables walking only on a predefined circuit No active postural support only fall prevention No pelvic frame Enables walking on a predefined 3D space defined by the system, through a bridge crane Passive pelvic frame and mast No active postural support, only fall prevention Not on the market No active pelvic frame No active gait movements support No feedback capabilities No active postural support (only fall prevention) Not on the market 3: three-dimensional.

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