With a well thought-out, device-based overall concept, a German-Swiss joint venture between THERA-Trainer and Ability Switzerland has in the last year not only managed to transfer current scientific knowledge for recovering walking ability into a best-practice model, but also exploit the previously untapped economic potential of rehabilitation. The Loko Solutions project has been in the process of setting the “gold standard”
of modern gait rehabilitation since the start of the year.

Given that the central recommendations from the guidelines on neurological gait rehabilitation have been so precisely, effectively and efficiently transferred into practice with the Loko Solutions project, the concept received a strong response and exceptionally positive feedback from expert groups soon after it was announced. As well as initial queries about the project, one of the large German clinic operators requested that a pilot be carried out as soon as possible to decide on a roll-out across several potential sites by the end of the year.
“This is a wide-ranging project and it comes at exactly the right time. We have pooled our products and expertise to offer a tailored, successful portfolio for gait rehabilitation,” explains Peter Kopf, owner and Managing Director of medica Medizintechnik GmbH. “There has never been anything like it before.” The THERA-Trainer brand has been synonymous with the latest developments in the area of device-based therapy for several years. The Loko Solutions project was born in close collaboration with Swiss company Ability and successfully launched on the market at the end of last year. As a result of the merger that took place in January 2017, the two companies have further pooled their resources and grown together to become the world’s biggest comprehensive provider in the area of device-based neurological rehabilitation.
Fully tailored to the current reality of a clinic and its daily challenges, the now perfectly developed and practically tested THERA-Trainer comprehensive solutions comprise all solutions such as consultancy, training and service, besides a complete equipment fleet including robotics and the latest technology for movement analysis and training management.
The success concept is based on teamwork. THERA-Trainer defines and achieves objectives in close cooperation with the clinic partners.
A standardised treatment process is developed in consideration of all interest groups and adjusted to individual customer requirements. This is therefore about more than just devices – the process is crucial. An unprecedented form of cooperation with the industry has therefore opened up, paving the way for setting new standards. It is now up to clinics to seize this opportunity.