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APPLICATIONS
poStural StabIlIty traInInG
(See Figure 6.2.)
Figure 6.2. The Postural Stability Training screen.
The Postural Stability Training mode is designed to emphasize specific movement patterns or
strategies by placing markers anywhere on the screen grid. The patient's score is a tally of how
many times the patient can touch targets with the on-screen cursor during any session. Time
counts up or down as set.
postural Stability training access
To Access The Postural Stability Mode:
1. At the Main Menu, touch <Training>. The Training Menu screen should now be displayed.
2. Touch <Postural Stability>. The User Setup Information screen should now be displayed. If
this is a new patient and you want to save this training session after its completion, you
must enter the patient's name, height and weight. If you do not need to save the training ses-
sion, touch <Next> and skip to step 8.
NOTE: Patient Height is entered so that the patient's Center of gravity can be estimated. 55% of the
patient's height is used to calculate where the COG is. Based on the COG height, the BioSway takes
into account that the theoretical angular excursion of the COG is different for different height people.
Taller people will find it easier than shorter people to move their COG out to the extremes of the plat-
form. Height is used to scale or compensate for this difference. What is described is also accommodated
for with a cursor sensitivity selection. The cursor sensitivity can either be normal or more sensitive
which allows the excursion to be a little easier. This is helpful with patient's that have difficult time
reaching the outermost targets.
3. Touch the <Keypad> icon for "Name" and enter the patient's name. Touch <OK> to return to
the User Information screen.
4. Touch the <Keypad> icon for "Age" and enter the patient's age. Touch <OK> to return to the
User Information screen.
5. Touch the <Keypad> icon for "Height" and enter the patient's height. Touch <Next> to
advance to the Postural Stability Training screen.
6. At the Postural Stability Training screen, touch <Place Target> and then touch the screen
location where you would like a target to be placed. Repeat this process to place up to nine
targets on the screen.
THE TRAINING MODES — 6-2 —