This gait training typically occurs during physical therapy sessions.
Physical therapy generally emphasizes postural balance and gait training for ataxia patients.
Along with gait training, balance and coordination training should be developed to help minimize the risk of falls.
Physical therapists, or physiotherapists, generally help their patients with gait training.
Parallel bars may be used to help with gait training, especially in the early stages when a patient is first learning or re-learning to walk.
A BWS system can be used on a treadmill or over ground for gait training.
Instructing patients in gait training will help to improve their mobility and decrease their risk of falls.
Functional retraining would have a large emphasis on gait training to increase endurance, independence, and the ability to climb stairs.
Slings may be considered appropriate during therapy for initial transfer and gait training, but overall use should be limited.
This provides body weight support for gait training.