Patent ID: 7131936

Claim:
A method for training a person comprising the steps of: providing a structure configured to receive and support a person requiring training for walking, said structure having a member defining a walking path of a selected distance to be traversed by a person while being trained for walking; positioning at least one electrode sensor along said walking path and spaced a selected distance from a reference point representing a selected distance to be traversed by a person while being trained, said selected distance being equivalent to at least three steps from a reference point representing a selected distance to be traversed by a person while being trained, and said electrode sensor being responsive to a second cooperating electrode removeably connected to said person and configured to traverse said selected distance with the person and to actuate said electrode sensor by physically engaging and actuating said at least one electrode sensor by establishing an electrically conductive path between said second cooperating electrode and said electrode sensor; placing said person to be trained in a body harness for receiving and supporting the person while being trained to walk; positioning a person to be trained for walking onto the structure along the walking path having the selected distance to be traversed by such person while being trained; training such person to move along the walking path having the selected distance and into physical contact with and actuating said at least one electrode sensor verifying that said person has traversed said selected distance; and generating a feedback signal with a control circuit in a response to the person actuating said at least one electrode sensor verifying that said person has traversed said selected distance.