Physical therapy walking exercise apparatus

A physical therapy walking exercise apparatus comprising:

• a) a base frame;
• b) a gear motor drive, having a drive sheave, mounted on said base frame;
• c) a driven flywheel, including a V-belt sheave and an axle, mounted on the base frame;
• d) a V-belt mounted on the gear motor drive sheave extends to and around the driven flywheel such that the flywheel is rotated by the gear motor drive;
• e) two drive beams, each hinged at one end to a drive beam linkage arm and concentrically attached at the other end to the axle of the flywheel;
• f) a toe hinged boot binding and boot movably attached to each of the drive beams;
• g) a handle bar attached to each of the drive beam linkage arms;
• h) a separate knee stabilizer attachment pad is attached to a knee stabilizer reciprocating guide rod that is movably coupled to each of the drive beam linkage arms;
• i) a control panel mounted on an upright pillar located between the handle bars;
• j) a back rest mounted on a first vertically height adjustable pillar;
• k) a patient lift device that includes a lift bar, a winch and a horizontal beam attached to a second vertically height adjustable pillar that is secured at a rear portion of the base frame wherein the horizontal beam is pivotally movable in a horizontal plane;
• l) a plurality of electrical leads extending from a monitor panel of the control panel wherein the leads can be attached to electrodes on a patient to stimulate the patient's thigh muscles;
• and
• m) a light beam emitter located on the first vertically height adjustable pillar and a light beam receiver located on the upright pillar wherein the emitter and the receiver provides a safety feature by allowing the apparatus to be operational only when a light beam from the emitter to the receiver is blocked by a patient.