How it started
History
Sean Whalen and his father developed the original prototype of the Anti-Gravity Treadmill in the family garage, using technology developed by NASA to create a treadmill that unweights a user through "differential air pressure". The Nike Oregon Project, runner and coach Alberto Salazar, the Oakland Raiders and the Golden State Warriors tested and used the prototype.
In 2007, the Washington Wizards were the first professional sports team to purchase the P200 model. The following year, the Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Houston Rockets, Houston Texans, and Phoenix Suns all purchased the P200 for their training rooms.
In 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Anti-Gravity Treadmill, which at the time went by the name G-Trainer, as a medical device applicable for uses in rehabilitation. Since then, the AlterG treadmill has been used for rehabilitating lower extremity injury or surgery, aerobic conditioning, weight control, gait training for neurological conditions, strengthening and conditioning the elderly.
Named CEO of AlterG, Inc. in 2011, Steve Basta is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering program. Ten years after acquiring the Tiburon Corporation and adding the Bionic Leg to its product line, AlterG was purchased in 2023 by Israeli company ReWalk Robotics Ltd.
From Wikipedia’s article on AlterG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3