The program will be progressed with the addition of new exercises, increased difficulty of exercises by increasing the tension of the Gymstick™, or exercise modification, and through an increase in workload volume (repetitions and sets).
Subjects will perform exercises from all three categories during the entire intervention period, but the level of difficulty of exercises at any point during the period may vary among the exercise categories.
One possible way to overcome such difficulties would be the use of dedicated software that exploits Balance Board capabilities as the input device and is also designed to meet the specific training requirements and allows therapists to define the type, duration, and difficulty of exercises depending on patients' needs and degree of impairment.
For example, the difficulty of an exercise should increase faster for those who are progressing well compared to those who are having trouble performing the exercise.
In a second step, the difficulty level of exercise is increased through additional loading using long leavers or weights.
As illustrated in Figure 10, we would like to make sure that a patient stays within the "optimal training zone," where the difficulty level of exercise given to a patient is balanced with his current performance.
For example, the weight or height of an exercise, the number of repetitions, and the difficulty of the exercise can be changed.
Increase the difficulty of the exercise, by going further or holding hand weights while you do the exercise.
Most modern exercise equipment can be set to an interval training mode, which significantly increases the difficulty of the exercise for short periods of time.
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