Partial Weight Bearing is measurable: PIERENSTEP intelligent crutches support an optimal healing process

Injuries of the lower extremity must often be healed by partial weight bearing in orthopaedics and after emergency surgery. However the rehabilitation will be, the therapists will decide in the individual case.
Yet, for the healing of bones and a sufficient bone growing a certain stimulus as with partial weight bearing is of great help. In addition to this, an early functional mobilization of the patient is of great necessity during therapy treatment. Many modern surgery methods indicate partial weight bearing, such as with fractures, cartilage cell transplantation, cruciate ligament replacement or meniscus suture.

Until now, this partial weight bearing had to be adjusted and taught with therapeutic help and through physiotherapy; and its practical realization thus had to be “guessed” by the patient.

With the intelligent forearm crutch PIERENSTEP the therapist and the patient for the first time have an innovative instrument at hand, which measures the partial weight bearing and gives automatic feedback to the patient in case of an incorrect step right from the very first step. The intelligent forearm crutch PIERENSTEP consists of two components: A computer run pair of forearm crutches, software and a data transmission radio module. Acoustic and vibration signals inform the patient of every incorrect step performed. In addition to this, the PIERENSTEP system enables a great learning and is a teaching instrument for gait training.

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schwa-medico has been developing, manufacturing and distributing products in the fields of pain management and rehabilitation for 35 years. schwa-medico is a German company with branches in France, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Hungary and is supported by a global network of representatives. schwa-medico has been market leader in Germany for many years with its outstandingly successful portable TENS, muscle stimulation units and acupuncture supply.

Our Products
• TENS units
• Muscle stimulators
• Electrodes
• Braces
• Intelligent crutches
• Incontinence units
• Portable laser devices
• Stand-alone laser devices
• Portable EMG units
• Portable ultrasound therapy units
• Acupuncture needles
• Acupuncture laser
• Radiofrequency lesion generator

In addition to our principle of constant development and innovation we are committed to perform optimal service in order to meet the demands and wishes of our customers today and in the future.

Impulses in pain management and rehabilitation
For many years, transcutaneous electrical nerve and muscle stimulation has been applied with excellent results in hospitals, surgeries and home use. The extensive appreciation of physiotherapy and non-medication therapy as well as the search for low-cost and easy-to-use therapies with few side effects have all promoted treatment with portable TENS, EMS and ultrasound devices.

schwa-medico
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Wetzlarer Str. 41-43, D-35630 Ehringshausen / Germany
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www.schwa-medico.com

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