Evaluation of a Novel Gait Training Device to Support Body Weight

Inclusion Criteria: * Veterans age: 18-90 years, male or female, * Who are receiving physical therapy as an inpatient at MVAHCS, * Have Functional Independence Measure (FIM) scores of 0 or 1 (out of 7) in at least one of the five domains of motor tasks: 1) bed, chair, and wheelchair transfers, 2) toilet transfers, 3) tub/shower transfers, 4) walk/wheelchair locomotion, 5) stair locomotion, * Who are determined by VA standards to require at least 35 pounds of physical support, such that 2 or more physical therapists and/or aides are needed during therapy, and * Are able to understand informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have active clostridium difficile, * An acute diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis, chronic deep vein thrombosis, or phlebitis (unless cleared by clinician to participate in the study), * A lower body pressure ulcer worse than grade one (EPUAP), or an open wound, * A history of any drug-resistant pathogen, such as Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), ESBL producing gram-negative bacilli, or others, * Weigh more than 350 lbs.