58 ALTERG: AN INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN PHYSICAL ACTIVE REHABILITATION OF SPINAL STENOSIS

Background Lumbal spinal stenosis causes back pain spreading as far as the legs and thereby constrains the activities of daily living. By walking in a flexed position patients try to extend the foramina intervertebralia. Claudicatio intermittens / spinalis forces them to stop walking and sit down, because of pain, para-sthesias or paresis.1 Loss of physical activity may lead to a decline of physical condition and slowly restrict independence.2 The differential air pressure technology of AlterG treadmills reduces body weight in lower extremity up to 80 % and facili-tates normal postural control.5 Methods After completing physiotherapy, a 70-year-old left sided lower leg amputed man started extensive endurance train-ing. 250 m of walking were challenging. Therefore antigravity treadmill training was initiated in April. Results Early therapy, visual analog scale (VAS) was set at 5.5