Resource Library – WalkPort

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Our resource library includes how-to-videos, product literatures, and links to clinical studies, giving you everything you need to understand how WalkPort works and the proven benefits of walking.

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Early Users of WalkPort

Early users of WalkPort are discovering a new sense of freedom and confidence through supported walking therapy at home. Designed for individuals facing mobility challenges, WalkPort helps make each step safer and more natural, whether for daily movement or guided therapy sessions.

Users are building strength and independence in a familiar, comfortable environment. Every movement is designed to feel secure, thoughtful, and dependable, reinforcing dignity and confidence with each step.

With WalkPort, movement at home becomes more than therapy—it becomes a pathway back to independence, reassurance, and everyday confidence.

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Studies

Spinal Cord Injury

Randomised trial of the effects of four weeks of daily stretch on extensibility of hamstring muscles in people with spinal cord injuries.

Effect of “standing” on spasticity, contracture and osteoporosis in paralyzed males.

Evaluation of the effects of muscle stretch and weigh load in patients with spastic paraplegia.

Investigation of robotic-assisted tilt-table therapy for early-stage spinal cord injury rehabilitation.

Does regular standing improve bowel function in people with a spinal cord injury?

Changes in bowel function following exoskeletal-assisted walking in persons with spinal cord injury: an observational pilot study.

Tilt table standing for reducing spasticity after spinal cord injury.

Load redistribution in variable position wheelchairs in people with spinal cord injury.

Physical rehabilitation as an agent for recovery after spinal cord injury.

Moving the arms to activate the legs.

Calcium balance in paraplegic patients: influence of injury duration and ambulation.

Bone mineral status in paraplegic patients who do or do not perform standing.

Neural coupling between upper and lower limbs during recumbent stepping.

Femoral loads during passive, active, and active resistive stand after spinal cord injury: a mathematical model.

Case study to evaluate a standing table for managing constipation.

Comparison of the effects of body-weight-supported treadmill training and tilt-table standing on spasticity in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury.

Robot-assisted gait training (Lokomat) improves walking function and activity in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.

Locomotor training after human spinal cord injury: a series of case studies.

Retraining the injured spinal cord.

Exoskeletal-Assisted walking during acute inpatient rehabilitation leads to motor and functional improvement in persons with spinal cord injury – a pilot study.

Retraining walking over ground in a powered exoskeleton after spinal cord injury” a prospective cohort study to examine functional gains and neuroplasticity.

Stroke

Lower extremity muscle activation and function in progressive task-oriented training on the supplementary tilt table during stepping-like movements in patients with acute stroke hemiparesis.

The prevalence of joint contractures, pressure sores, painful shoulder, other pain, falls, and depression in the year after a severely disabling stroke.

Effects of a single session of prolonged muscle stretch on spastic muscle of stroke patients.

Reliability and comparison of weight-bearing ability during standing tasks for individuals with chronic stroke.

The effect of progressive task-oriented training on a supplementary tilt table on lower extremity muscle strength and gait recovery in patients with hemiplegic stroke.

Pilot randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of additional supported standing practice on functional ability post stroke.

Robot-assisted gait training for stroke patients: current state of the art and perspectives of robotics.

Biofeedback improves performance in lower limb activities more than usual therapy in people following stroke: a systematic review.

Physical fitness training for stroke patients.

Effects of bodyweight support and guidance force on muscle activation during Locomat walking in people with stroke: a cross-sectional study.

Implementation of high-intensity stepping training during inpatient stroke rehabilitation improves functional outcomes.

Gait coordination after stroke: Benefits of acoustically passed treadmill walking.

Parkinson’s Disease

Nordic walking improves trunk stability and gait spatial-temporal characteristics in people with Parkinson’s Disease.

Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease.

Effectiveness of 6-Week Nordic Walking Training on Functional Performance, Gait Quality, and Quality of Life in Parkinson’s Disease

Does Vigorous Exercise Have a Neuroprotective Effect in Parkinson Disease?

How Might Physical Activity Benefit Patients with Parkinson Disease?

Multiple Sclerosis

Exercise as a therapy for improvement of walking ability in adults with multiple sclerosis.

Effects of single bouts of walking exercise and yoga on acute mood symptoms in people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Telemedicine for monitoring MS activity and progression.

Benefits of exercise training in Multiple Sclerosis.

Exercise effects on Multiple Sclerosis quality of life and clinical-motor symptoms.

The importance of lower-extremity muscle strength for lower-limb functional capacity in multiple sclerosis: Systematic review.

The relationship between physical activity, self-efficacy, and quality of life in people with Multiple Sclerosis

Seniors

Does combined physical and cognitive training improve dual-task balance and gait outcomes in sedentary older adults?

Physical activity in older age: perspectives for healthy ageing and frailty.

Health benefits of daily walking on mortality among younger-elderly men with or without major critical diseases in the new integrated suburban seniority investigation project: a prospective cohort study.

Use of device to support standing during a physical activity program to improve function of individuals with disabilities who reside in a nursing home.

Walking Benefits

Improved gait speed after robot-assisted gait training in patients with motor incomplete spinal cord injury: A preliminary study.

Shaping appropriate locomotive motor output through interlimb neural pathway within spinal cord in humans

Alternate leg movement amplifies locomotor-like muscle activity in spinal cord injured

Clinical practice guideline to improve locomotor function following chronic stroke, incomplete spinal cord injury, and brain injury.

Standing Benefits

Weight bearing through lower limbs in a standing frame with and without arm support and low magnitude whole-body vibration in men and women with complete motor paraplegia

Orthostatic hypotension following spinal cord injury: impact on the use of standing apparatus.

Effect of dynamic weight bearing on neuromuscular activation after spinal cord injury

A systematic review of supported standing programs

Cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular strength of wheelchair users

Bone Density

Does standing protect bone density in patients with chronic spinal cord injury?

Bone mineral status in paraplegic patients who do or do not perform standing

Does 12 weeks of regular standing prevent loss of ankle mobility and bone mineral density in people with recent spinal cord injuries?

Effect of weight-bearing activities on bone mineral density in spinal cord injured patients during the period of the first two years.

Bowel/Bladder/Renal Function

Case study to evaluate a standing table for managing constipation.

Changes in bowel function following exoskeletal-assisted walking in persons with spinal cord injury: an observational pilot study.

Pressure Ulcers

Leg skin temperature with body-weight-supported treadmill and tilt-table standing training after spinal cord injury.

Load redistribution in variable position wheelchairs in people with spinal cord injury.

Brain Health

Aerobic exercise improves quality of life, psychological well-being and systemic inflammation in subjects with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Walking aids moderate exercise effects on gait speed in people with dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

The Effect of Walking on Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Daily Step Count and Depression in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Activity Based Therapy

Activity-based restorative therapies after spinal cord injury: Inter-institutional conceptions and perceptions.

Effectiveness of intense, activity-based physical therapy for individuals with spinal cord injury in promoting motor and sensory recovery: Is olfactory mucosa autograft a factor?

Activity-based restorative therapies: Concepts and applications in spinal cord injury-related neurorehabilitation.

Activity-based therapies

Repairing the human brain after stroke. II. Restorative therapies

Activity-based therapy for recovery of walking in individuals with chronic spinal cord injury: Results from a randomized clinical trial.

We had the privilege of trying out Medthera’s new WalkPort machine for 30 days. First look at this product had me amazed at how compact it is, while adding more natural leg action into the design that can easily be adapted from a 6-foot patient to my 5-foot 2-inch wife. My wife, LuAnne, has been in physical therapy for 36 months. In that time, we have used 3 different styles of machines, most of which required one or two therapists to get her into. One took over 20 minutes to go from wheelchair to harness to the machine. Once in, one of the therapists would control the speed while the other would make sure LuAnne was OK and, in some cases, moving her leg. WalkPort does a fantastic job of addressing all the problems I have seen in the current style of machines on the market today.

The 3 area’s that I feel make it stand out.

1. The design is so easy to adjust to fit the patient. Once set up, the patient can do as much of the transfer from the wheelchair to the WalkPort as their disability will allow. In our case, LuAnne can roll up to the machine and get into the seat on her own. We have to position her right leg, which is paralyzed, into position and secure her foot. Once that is done, she can get herself to a standing position and start the motion of walking with no assistance from us. This allows her to walk for around a half hour quite easily.

2. The motion of the legs, knee and ankle is so close to actual walking movement, helping her re-establish the motor function of walking in her brain. The muscle gain and stamina were rather noticeable every day with major improvements over the course of our time with WalkPort. Towards the end of our 30 days, we had to limit LuAnne to an hour in the evening sessions as she was enjoying it so much.

3. The last and probably most valuable aspect is the attitude/excitement LuAnne expressed. She was incredibly proud of the work she was doing, especially how much of it she could perform unassisted. She always had a bright smile on her face when using the machine. She had gained such a boost in confidence while doing her exercises, from maneuvering around the machine on her own, to holding a standing position, to starting the motion of walking without assistance. She was very empowered seeing how much progress she was making on her own.

The size of this machine is about one-third the size of the other machines we had tried in the past. The first day we were introduced to the machine, LuAnne was in it and walking on her own within minutes. No motors controlling her stride. The enjoyment we saw on her face was so nice to see. Something else my daughter noticed was LuAnne walking forward for a while, then stopping and starting to walk backwards. I am not a therapist, but this seems to be a big deal to me.

In the end, LuAnne was able to gain muscle in her right leg and increase her stamina. We are still working on her walking on her own, but I am sure using this machine will reduce the time it will take to get to the next level of recovery.