Space-age treadmill reduces G forces on the legs

A treadmill developed at NASA Ames Research Center in California more than a decade ago for exercising in space has seen more athletes than astronauts lately. AlterG has sold more than 200 of the "anti-gravity" physical therapy and training treadmills, which are based on the NASA prototype, at $75,000 each. The buyers have mainly been sports teams, college athletic departments and hospitals, but the maker hopes to eventually push prices down to where individuals could own one.  KAREN T. BORCHERS/SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS  http://ow.ly/P7aQ...


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