Liked Disliked General Comments
NuStep/VasperTM
Excellent supplement
To Alter G
Works all body Pats – forces one to work
Hard as intervals promote
Working to the maximum
Self competition
The ability to sprint and use intervals to challenge myself
Consistency of high level
Of training
No negatives
Nothing that I disliked
“I did not feel a high level of
Improvement as I hear
Reported by others”
“Foot pedals did not hold
For me”
Good exercise w/o impact
“Loved it “– great workout
“I can compete against myself and feel muscle tone in my arms”
I have noted improvement
Of my leg strength
I enjoy the workout and often feel the burn in my muscles
AlterGR
Positive health benefits I can run without fear of falling – lots of sweating. I can run again The weightless feeling Psychological benefit, timed, can do other things simultaneously By controlling weightlessness and speed, [I] can walk at a better pace. Having to deal with shorts and their leaks. Questions of hygiene. Running on treadmill versus running outside Pain to get in and out of rubber suit. I generally don’t enjoy working out on treadmills, even with un--‐weighting putting on the shorts. At 50% unweighting, I have
A feeling of “really running” Excellent– no fear of falling. I used to be a runner and with the AlterGR I am a runner again. “I was a 3 hour marathoner in the past; having to give up Running has been the biggest loss due to PD” “AlterGR gives me some of the restored running experience.”
Table 9: Participants Qualitative Comments on the VasperTM and the AlterGR: Quality Assurance Study II.