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Anyone who has ever bought really good running shoes and was in a special shop knows it: the treadmill. The device can be adjusted to very different speeds and makes the person running on it move more or less extensively. It is used in the running shoe trade to create a motion profile and to find the shoe best suited to the runner. In orthopaedic practices it is also used to create a running profile, but this time for the purpose of analysis and therapy. In orthopaedic practice, posture and movement problems should be identified in order to find a possible therapeutic approach. Finally, treadmills are used to perform performance and stress tests. Pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and other parameters are measured as the runner moves on the belt. In therapeutic facilities, the treadmill serves to provide people with sufficient exercise under medical supervision, usually for rehabilitation after accidents or operations.

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But there are also treadmills for private use on the market. Anyone who – for whatever reason – wants or has to walk a lot, but for various reasons is dependent on training in their own four walls, is part of the target group. Treadmills may even be recommended by a doctor. Various back problems, for example, require those affected to exercise regularly throughout the day. We recommend longer hikes, partly walks at a steady pace up to shorter runs at higher speeds. Thanks to the treadmill, those affected are independent of the weather, can move safely in the big city and on a joint-friendly surface. In addition to physical therapy practices, some fitness studios also offer this service, including therapeutic accompaniment. Treadmills are used purely for training purposes by the police and fire brigades, in sports training facilities and, of course, in the home.

If you just want to move around and go for a walk, the treadmill adjusts rather slowly and leaves it alone. However, it is also possible to increase the speed in order to slowly increase your own performance. Treadmills can simulate up to 20 km/h and an incline angle of up to 20 %. Depending on what is to be achieved with the tape, it is programmed accordingly. Treadmills are even used in movement therapy for dogs – so their use is not limited to humans. For use in simple fitness areas, the running surface of the belts is usually between 1.00 and 1.50 m long and about 50 cm wide. A handrail on both sides provides safety for persons at risk of falling. The small computer at the “head end” of the treadmill is easy to use and simple to set up, especially for home use tapes. In the area of analysis and therapy, sensors and cameras can be installed around the belt as well as in the belt to record the movements of the*current person, the evaluation is normally computer-aided. In sports centres there are oversized treadmills equipped with bicycles or skis for the respective sportsmen and sportswomen, which train movement patterns other than simple running. These ribbons are wider, longer and above all thicker. They offer more stability and are supported differently.

The more economical treadmills for home use can normally be adjusted in several speed levels up to 12 km/h. The treadmills can be adjusted to a wide range of speeds. This is perfectly sufficient for most runners*. More cost-intensive are devices that can be regulated steplessly to an accuracy of 0.1 km/h and also reach higher speeds. Further differences are in the possibly included programs for interval training, in the not always adjustable inclination angle and of course in quality and workmanship. Higher quality devices offer the possibility to store the performed services over a certain period of time, to create profiles for different users* and thus to compare the training services.

… Nathan Zuntz developed the first treadmill ever in Berlin. In 1889, that was it. The tape was to be used to examine horses and their movement patterns, as Zuntz was professor of physiology at the Agricultural Institute. However, the professor and his co-workers* subsequently also produced treadmills for people. However, the treadmill was not developed in isolation, it must be seen in the overall picture of the developments of different ergometers, i.e. movement trainers. Machines for stimulating different muscle groups and/or joints have been developed since the end of the 18th century, there was a boom of different devices between 1880 and 1950. Today the market is quite confusing, there are numerous different ergometers.

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