Gait Trainer Market Size

Gait Trainer Market Analysis

The gait trainer market is expected to register a CAGR of 6.1% over the forecast period.

• COVID-19 had led to an increase in the demand for gait trainer exercises during the forecast period. According to the article published in the Journal of Fragility and Aging in January 2021, there was a pre-post impact on the physical performance of multi-component therapeutic exercise for post-COVID-19 rehabilitation in a post-acute care facility.
• Also, in a research study published in NPJ Parkinson's Disease in March 2021, treadmill studies in enrolled patients of Parkinson's disease led to improvements mainly in gait, compared to exergaming studies, which were associated with changes in balance and quality of life. Thus the gait trainer market experienced high demand during the COVID-19 recovery, thereby contributing to the growth of the market. The market is expected to show a stable growth rate in the forecast period due to the high musculoskeletal disorders burden.
• The gait trainer market is expected to propel due to increasing disorders such as cerebral palsy and skeletal deformities. Musculoskeletal is a disorder that leads to restricted mobility and it is one of the major contributors worldwide to disability. As per the article titled published in the Annals of Medicine and Surgery in December 2021, the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among study participants was 64.2%. Additionally, according to Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders statistics in Great Britain, in 2021, 470 thousand people suffer from work-related musculoskeletal disorders which are new or long-standing in 2021. Thus, the high burden of musculoskeletal disorders is expected to increase the need for external help with gait training equipment, thereby accelerating the market growth.
• Also, the increasing gait training device launches and partnerships among market players to expand the gait trainer solutions significantly contribute to the growth of the market during the forecast period. For instance, in January 2022, Clalit Health Services, a Health Maintenance Organization in Israel, and GaitBetter, a provider of a motor-cognitive intervention for gait rehabilitation and falls prevention partnered to launch GaitBetter's innovative system for Clalit's 4.7 million patients in several locations across Israel. Also, in April 2021 CUSAT launched a gait training device, REWA developed by ChoiceMed healthcare solutions on world autism awareness day. The launches and partnerships are expected to expand the company's market position of advanced training devices which is expected to propel the market growth during the forecast period.
• Thus, the factors such as the high burden of neurological and musculoskeletal disorders are expected to drive the growth of the market during the forecast period. However, the high-cost instrument is expected to restrain the growth of the market over the forecast period.