On display in the UK for the first time at LIW in September was Kids System, from fitness equipment manufacturer, Panatta Sport.

Indoor environments such as fitness and sports centres often lack an area reserved for children, so the introduction of a Kids Corner fitted with suitable equipment can ensure the minimum of motor function they need in everyday life.

To address this, Panatta has started up the Kids Project – gathering a team of professional experts from a variety of disciplines to produce a series of proposals geared specifically towards the young – and produced a range of child sized equipment.

The machines are designed with luminous devices to allow an instructor to check the posture of the child doing a particular exercise and the child is guided by LEDs to ensure that he or she is using the machine correctly.

The Kids System range includes four resistance machines, known as Oscar, Leonard, Caesar and Tommy; a runner called Buck; a bike named Yukari and a climber known as Peter.

The company has recently shipped a number of their bikes to the UK for use in the Kidsville supervised play areas within Virgin Active clubs.