"ActiveStep is a modified treadmill designed to help seniors and others with risks of falling become more stable on their feet. ActiveStep it the first in the Midwest outside of a laboratory is the centerpiece of newly opened business HouseFit, 3809 Lemay Ferry Road, 63125. The ActiveStep was installed Nov. 30."
"ActiveStep, from medical-device maker Simbex, was created from research at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The theory is that users will improve their reflexes and figure out how to catch themselves while on the machine, and those intuitive strategies will carry over to daily life. Preliminary research shows that fall risk declined by 50 percent for up to a year after the treadmill training."