RECOVERY

Recovering individuals suffering from gait loss can gait retrain and improve chances of recovery significantly by gait training at their convenience anytime of the day

INDEPENDENCE

Combined benefits of mobility, position control, transfers, height adjustments make wheelchair users more independent than ever before.

HEALTH

Ability to stand, sit, recline and even walk increase blood circulation, stretch muscles, improve bone density, improve bladder and bowel functions.

TESTIMONIALS

Donald 1

"The elevation feature provides the ability to meet people at eye level, which I think is very important from a self-esteem point of view. It is also quite tough when people are looking down at you and worse looking over you. They don’t see you. You don’t exist. The ability to elevate alleviates that possibility" .

Donald M.

Dave 1

"As the father of a severe quadriplegic for the past 6 years, I can tell you that there is nothing on the market like the AbleChair. It combines an improved powered wheelchair with a tool for rehabilitation, recovery and improved quality of life. The Able Chair will truly help tens of thousands of people in the US."

Dave S.

John 3

"The ability of AbleChair to provide the benefits of standing in the home without requiring additional equipment in a simple way that caregivers could assist without need of a transfer is important to allow gains made in formal rehabilitation to be progressed and maintained long after a person is discharged from therapy".

John B.

Donals 4

"I would be able to stand which would take all the weight off my buttock. This would decrease medical costs and help with the patient’s quality of life. I also like the gait ability that it provides. I believe if I had that feature, I would not have lost function in my lower legs. With the ability to stand and walk it definitely would decrease the increased tone in my lower limbs."

Donald M.

Steph 1

"I have a neuromuscular disorder called Dystonia, which causes my muscles to contract. Due to this condition my legs are contracted at the knees and not able to fully extend. My gait is very uneven because my legs are different lengths. The AbleChair’s versatility accommodated my needs and allowed me to stand and walk on land for the first time since 2008."

Stephanie Z.

Jonh 1

"I am truly excited at the possibilities that AbleChair offers. I have never seen a wheelchair with such potential to make real differences in a person’s independence and health. The capabilities that AbleChair presents for families and therapists working in the home to continue and build upon progress made in the rehabilitation setting is innovative and of significant benefit."

John B.

Donald 2

"I’m truly excited about this product and it’s great medical benefits to users. It definitely will aid with self-esteem, decreasing contracture, decreasing skin breakdown and increasing use of legs for gait training as well as being a mobility aid."

Donald M.

Dave2

"This invention of the Able Chair is revolutionary in the industry. When my son was injured, we learned about the benefits of weight bearing for all paralyzed people confined to a wheelchair. The AbleChair provides an effective stand up/weight bearing option with much more for a fraction of the cost of less-effective stand up chairs on the market today."

Dave S.

Steph 2

"This invention of the Able Chair is revolutionary in the industry. When my son was injured, we learned about the benefits of weight bearing for all paralyzed people confined to a wheelchair. The AbleChair provides an effective stand up/weight bearing option with much more for a fraction of the cost of less-effective stand up chairs on the market today."

Steph Z.

John 2

"Its height adjustability allowed me to choose how much weight I put on my legs as well as allowing me to be at the necessary height to accommodate my contractures. The added assistance of the power assist helped me initiate walking and set a pace for me to walk at."

John B.

Dave 3

"The AbleChair is going to lower health care costs, improve rehabilitation results and enhance quality of life for thousands of people."

Dave S.

John 4

"For a skilled therapist in the home AbleChair even allows for bodyweight supported gait training that is currently reserved for multiple clinicians in a rehabilitation setting with suspended treadmill systems at great expense."

Jonh B.

Steph 3

"Its height adjustability allowed me to choose how much weight I put on my legs as well as allowing me to be at the necessary height to accommodate my contractures. The added assistance of the power assist helped me initiate walking and set a pace for me to walk at."

Stephanie Z.

John 5

"For a skilled therapist in the home AbleChair even allows for bodyweight supported gait training that is currently reserved for multiple clinicians in a rehabilitation setting with suspended treadmill systems at great expense."

John B

Donald 3

"AbleChair will provide assistance with tackling the many barriers we deal with each day. It is the only product on the market, that I know of, that has all these useful and practical features. I can’t wait for this to become available. "

Donald M.

UNMATCHED FUNCTIONALITY

RECOVERY - GAIT RETRAINING

  • Sit to stand with little or no help
  • Gait retrain anytime anywhere at no cost
  • Increase chances of recovery
  • Reduce recovery time
  • Increase bone density & muscle strength
  • Improve bowel and lung functions
  • Participate in early gait therapy

The AbleChair allows the users to stand and gait train with little or no help from others practically anytime.Dynamic loading of the bones is more effective in bone development than static loading. Dynamic weight bearing is loading and unloading of the skeleton that typically occurs during weight shifting in gait or stand. It is important for weight bearing activities to be routine and regular, to maintain and continue bone growth and development.

If the individual is unable to walk independently due to impairments such as muscle weakness, spasticity and poor balance, this can lead to a reduced tolerance of activity and further sedentary lifestyle, leading to increased mortality. Prolonged stay in bed or inactivity after an illness can cause muscle atrophy and the patient may lose the ability to walk

The power mobility of the AbleChair will assist users in gently moving along safely with a comfortable pace.Gait training is an essential therapeutic activity to regain walking ability (and ultimately, user independence) after stroke, spinal cord injury, and hip and knee replacement. While gait training may not fully restore gait for everyone, it can promote significant physical and mental health benefits including: joint and bone development, prevention of contractures and increased motion, improvement of lung function, better bowel and bladder function, stronger circulation, decreased constipation, diminished spasticity, minimized risk of pressure sores, improved cognition growth with environmental exploration, expanded visual awareness, and an adoption of a more active lifestyle.

 

INDEPENDENCE

  • Power mobility
  • Transfers
  • Access top shelves
  • Reach floor level objects
  • Eye level conversations
  • Recline or lay down and rest comfortably
  • Increase productivity
  • Posture control
More wheelchair functions means users are able to do more things and hence more independence.

People with disabilities also often require caregivers to assist them for various activities such as transfers, reaching high and low areas, position changes, etc. for their daily activities. By combining several essential features in one wheelchair, the AbleChair maximizes user independence.

AbleChair allows standing, elevated sitting as well as lowered sitting all the way down to the floor. In addition to health benefits, standing gives users greater independence when it comes to doing day-to-day activities. Elevated sitting provides eye-level conversations. The ability to engage at eye-level  with peers promotes better posture, emotional and social benefits. Elevated sitting allows better access and reach to higher level objects (sinks, counter tops, top shelves). 

AbleChair is the only wheelchair facilitating lowered sitting, allowing access to objects on the floor.

AbleChair power mobility allows users to move inside home and work areas as well as outside effortlessly. The AbleChair also fits in wheelchair vans for transportation.

While minimizing transfers, AbleChair facilitates transfers when needed including floor transfers. By being able to always put the AbleChair in a gravity-favoring position, the user is always able to transfer into and out of the wheelchair with ease and without any additional devices.

Productivity is one of the most rewarding skills to improve and the AbleChair can help users become more productive than with other wheelchairs. AbleChair increases sitting tolerance as well as help users work in a standing position. Being able to perform standing from one’s wheelchair also minimizes transfers, thereby enhancing safety, conserving energy and reducing dependency.
 

HEALTH

  • Increase blood circulation
  • Maintain range of motion
  • Improve bone density
  • Improve lung functions
  • Eliminate poor postures
  • Manage spasticity
  • Reduce weight shifts
  • Improve bladder and bowel functions

Whether the disability is permanent or temporary, it limits their ability to participate in life-improving therapies. Significant number of gait impaired patients need to visit clinics for therapy on an ongoing basis for various reasons including reduction of ulceration, increasing bone density, improving circulation, restoring gait, and improving bowel and lung functions. Unfortunately, there are sizable limitations to requiring mobility impaired people to attend clinics including costs, needed transfers and transportations, and availability of therapy services. In addition, being in a wheelchair presents the individual with many additional tasks that must be done each day.

 

The AbleChair is safer than typical wheelchairs. Users may fall from wheelchairs for multiple reasons and may not be able get back up. Caregivers may also get injured while supporting or transferring the users.

The AbleChair has independent full range adjustment of tilt angle and seat angle, providing flexible and practically limitless positions to perfectly suit wheelchair users. Benefits include pressure relief, maintaining range of motion, helping to manage spasticity and increasing sitting tolerance, minimize transfers, improve bone density, provide means for weight shifts, stretch muscles, increased blood circulation, improved lung function, eliminate poor postures resulting from fatigue.

About Us

Established in 2001, Advanced Fitness Components has been specializing in developing cost-effective gait therapy products. The company’s first product line is SpinoFlex gait therapy systems. Sold worldwide, the SpinoFlex has been effectively serving people suffering from stroke, spinal cord injury as well as chronic gait disorders.

The AbleChair is our new product line that incorporates 18 years of gait training product development experience into a power wheelchair design, offering unmatched functionality to the wheelchair user community, helping with recovery, independence and health.

Advanced Fitness is a privately held company located in Hudson, NH.

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