C-Mill, C-Mill VR, C-Mill VR+ - Rehabilitation treadmill

The C-Mill rehabilitation treadmill uses virtual reality for gait training and assessment. The C-Mill, a sophisticated treadmill designed for gait and balance training and assessment, uses visual and acoustic cues to challenge patients to learn different gait adaptation strategies and improve their balance. The treadmill provides a fun and safe environment that allows patients to improve their gait. The C-Mill offers additional balance and body weight support for patients early in their recovery, but can be used at any stage of rehabilitation. The C-Mill trains a number of specific skills by projecting graphics onto the walking surface. The graphics serve as visual cues that challenge patients to avoid obstacles, change their stride width or length, or make other adjustments to improve their gait pattern and reduce the risk of falls. Therapists can provide cues automatically based on the patient’s gait, or they can modify the cues for gait training. The C-Mill uses specialized CueFors software to track a variety of gait parameters and automatically generate reports for patient assessment. Options include stride frequency, symmetry, width, and length.

The treadmill comes in three models: the C-Mill, C-Mill VR, and C-Mill VR+. The C-Mill comes with the C-Mill attachments, a self-imposed safety frame, and optional frontal and sagittal cameras, pediatric handrails, and a research kit. The VR and VR+ models have the same options, and also include the VR kit and an optional balance kit. The C-Mill VR was designed for automatic movement and dual-task training, while the C-Mill VR+ is a complete solution for early and late rehabilitation with balance and bodyweight support. The C-Mill VR+ has adjustable handrails and a wider walking area than the other two models.

The C-Mill attachments, available with all three models, offer a wide range of capabilities. For example, the We-Move app teaches obstacle avoidance, anticipation strategy, and reaction time, while the Walking Area trains speed up and slow down, challenging patients to keep up with a walking zone displayed in a different color. The Tandem app, which requires patients to walk in a narrow lane, trains gait stability and step width, while Slalom, designed to improve gait stability and crossing, challenges them to walk in a curved line. Stepping Stones trains gait symmetry, step length, and obstacle avoidance by challenging patients to walk on stepping stones. The C-Mill VR suite, available with the C-Mill VR and VR+ models, is also designed to teach obstacle avoidance, gait stability, gait speed, walking distance, step length, and power symmetry, and it does this by immersing patients in virtual worlds of the Italian Alps or a nature island that are displayed on a screen in front of them.