ASSESSMENT - PREVENTION - TRAINING

The strength evaluation in the Kineo System is performed through a computerized system that provides analysis of strategic points of muscle function, constituting an important auxiliary method for the investigation and injury prevention. It is capable of analyzing your structure, your movements, and your strength to better guide your physical activities and improve your performance, enabling differentiated muscular work activities, because it allows the programming of exercises with variable loads according to the actual strength you use in the different work angles, which avoids joint overload, reduces the incidence of injuries and makes the rehabilitation process faster and more effective.

In this context, it analyzes the inter and intra-muscular balance and the need for an adequate return to movement functionality, and sporting gestures, in post-injury or post-operative treatments, based on the objectives of the client and his multidisciplinary team.
Eventual muscular deficits can be objectively evaluated and quantified, facilitating and guiding the muscular rebalancing work.

The exam is performed in a piece of equipment similar to a bodybuilding machine, during the execution of the joint movement, the variables that compose this movement are recorded, such as peak and average strength, speed during the execution of the movement, muscle activation time in the peak and average strength, angulation or displacement of this movement, power and work compared to the peak and average strength as the total production during the execution of the repetition under analysis.

Virtually all joints can be evaluated, especially the knee, hip, shoulder, and ankle. It can be performed by any individual who is not in the early stages of a muscle injury, unconsolidated fractures, severe limitations of movement due to joint pain, pregnant women, hypertension or decompensated heart disease, aneurysms, or epilepsies.

Three strength tests can be performed:

• Isokinetic Test
• Isometric Test
• Dynamic Test

* The subject must be well-fed and wearing appropriate clothing and tennis shoes for the test.

1- ECCENTRIC/CONCENTRIC BIPHASIC LOAD TRAINING

Physiological movements have different strengths between concentric and eccentric phase. Get  the best out of your workout. Kineo allows you to apply a differentiated load for real functional and effective workout.

2- SET UP A PERFECT MUSCLE INJURY PREVENTION TRAINING

With Kineo ELASTIC mode you can perform exercises both for recovery and for muscle injury prevention like hamstrings, rectus femoris, calves, adductors. Define the inital and the final load and experience the advantage of increasing flexibility and eccentric strength at the same time.

3- OVERLOAD JUMP TRAINING

Unleash your explosiveness! Kineo improves EXPLOSIVE POWER and ELASTIC ENERGY without stress on your back and knees. Kineo allows you to apply an overload during a jump but eliminates the weight on landing.

The Intelligent Overload: Set an overload and the range of motion to which the overload is applied during the jump phase.The entire flight and landing phase will take place completely without overload.

4- FUNCTIONAL TRAINING

An adjustable pulley with 4 meters of free cable, a fully programmable load both as a training and evaluation tool allows you any FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE, CORE TRAINING or AGILITY DRILLS you want.

5- SAFE OVERLOAD MAXIMAL ECCENTRIC TRAINING

Thanks to the innovative VISCOUS method, Kineo allows to test and train overload maximal eccentric strength in an easy way. At the slightest sign of failure of the subject Kineo reduces the load allowing the closure of the gesture fully safe.

6- TENDINOPATHY PREVENTION TRAINING

Combining  VISCOUS, ELASTIC, and DIFFERENTIATED LOAD modes of Kineo you can perform exercises both for recovery and for prevention of the most common tendinopathies both for the upper limb and for the lower limb. Rotators cuff and Achilles tendinopathy or jumper’s knee will no longer be a limit to your training sessions.

1- ISOKINETIC AND ISOMETRIC ASSESSMENT IN OPEN AND CLOSED KINETIC CHAIN

With Kineo you can easily achieve a complete assessment of LOWER LIMBS, TRUNK and UPPER LIMBS. Performing tests in open or closed kinetic chain allows an exhaustive evaluation in maximum safety since the first Knee or Shoulder post-surgical phases. Detailed reports on strength, muscle imbalances and all the data necessary for continuous monitoring of the rehabilitation process are instantly visible, printable or exportable in PDF format.

2- WATER TRAINING FOR PAINFUL PATHOLOGIES

The exclusive SMART VISCOUS function allows you to reproduce the water training simulating the effects of aquatic rehabilitation. Kineo Intelligent Load adjusts the load instant by instant according to the real possibilities of the patient, allowing to perform movements safely and pain free. Ideal for painful pathologies and the acute phase of functional rehabilitation.

3-THE LOWER LIMB RECOVERY SPECIALIST
(INJURY PREVENTION)

Perform exercises and jumps without your own body weight with Kineo BIPHASIC mode.
Define the initial and the final load and experience the advantage to recover the main lower limb injuries like jumper’s knee, Achilles tendinopathy and ACL reconstruction.

4- VARIABLE LOAD FOR A PRECISE TRAINING

The Variable Load Method allows to optimize the neuro-muscolar stimulation across the full range of movement by means of specific load curve. Kineo allows to BUILD A LOAD CURVE based on the specific needs of the subject in order to:

• Increase the load at the most favorable angles
• Lighten the load at critical points

5- HAMSTRING INJURY RECOVERY

With Kineo VISCOUS and ELASTIC modes you can perform exercises both for recovery and for muscle injury prevention like for hamstrings, rectus femoris, calves, adductors. Experience the advantage of increasing neuromuscular control and performance with the help of visual and acoustic feedbacks.

6- SHOULDER REHAB

Combining VISCOUS, ELASTIC, and DIFFERENTIATED LOAD modes of Kineo you can easily perform functional exercises  for  all common shoulder dysfunctions, like GLENOHUMERAL INSTABILITY, SCAPULOTHORACIC DYSKINESIS, ROTATOR CUFF TENDINOPATHY.