“I have been using the Biodex VibroTactile System for some time now. It is showing to be a useful tool to improve weight shifting, as well as provide feedback about postural sway. When reaching targets through the hips, tactile stimulation provides positive feedback and vibratory cues that can result in more successful outcomes than verbal cues. With our patients that have notable anxiety about sway (especially when their eyes are closed), it provides invaluable information that they are actually quite stable — even when they perceive their sway to be great. Clinicians that work with patients with anxiety during sensory conflict — or even with normal sway — will appreciate the clinical application.”

“The first Biodex product we got was the BioSway. We all loved the machine. We got great feedback from people using it, and we ended up using it more and more. We use the BioSway all the time for health fairs or anywhere there are one-on-one interactions. I do a modified test at these fairs, which I have programmed into the system. It’s so popular, it opens up a large opportunity to create connections with the public.”

“At our Clifton Street Practice at Rehab Associates, we offer the Biodex for patients in Post-Surgical Phase or other types of injuries. It is used for regaining range of motion with the CPM mode (continuous passive motion). The patient is able to be progressed on the machine to regain ROM . It is also used to measure and regain strength. The physical therapist has the ability to place the patient or athlete on the machine and test their strength of the extremity that is receiving physical therapy treatment and compare it to the uninvolved side. This allows the physical therapist to modify the strength program accordingly.”