The Ormesa Grillo is a folding aluminium gait trainer that works as a front or rear drive walker on the same frame, so a therapist can change the approach by reversing the wheels rather than ordering a second device. Independent pelvic and thoracic supports hold the user upright, and a gas spring height adjustment keeps the centre of gravity constant, so height can be changed while the user is standing in it.
Four sizes cover children through to adults. Every support adjusts without tools and the bars are graduated, so a setting found in a session can be recorded and repeated by school staff or family. Rear wheels have anti-rollback, drag braking across five positions and a red parking pedal, and the front swivel wheels can be locked straight for a client learning to hold a line. The frame folds in one movement with the supports still attached, and medium and large can be ordered with a narrow base wheel set for tight doorways.
Who it suits
A child or adult with cerebral palsy, an acquired brain injury or another condition that limits voluntary movement and balance, who can take steps when the pelvis and trunk are held upright, for example a child moving from a standing frame into supported walking at school. It is a gait trainer, not a walking frame: a client who only needs hand support and a seat to rest on should be assessed for a forearm support walker or rollator instead.
Good to know
- Supplied as a frame with the chosen configuration: pelvic support with handlebar, arm supports, or pelvic and thoracic supports; headrest, harness, saddle, leg divider and weighting bars are optional accessories
- Sizing is by the user’s height and the pelvic and thoracic support circumference; a fitting is strongly recommended
- Medium and large are the only sizes offered with the narrow base wheel option
- Medical device under EU Regulation 2017/745; manufactured in Italy
