Umshini wokugwedla iyisisetshenziswa sokuqeqesha esilingisa ukugwedla emanzini. Ukugwedla kwangaphakathi sekuguquke kwaba umdlalo okhokhelwayo. Imishini yokugwedla yasendlini yaziwa nangokuthi i-ergometers (eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Ergo noma i-ERGO emazweni angaphandle), asetshenziselwa ukukala amandla asetshenziswa abasubathi ngesikhathi sokuzivocavoca [1].

Umshini wokugwedla usiza ukuqinisa imisipha yemilenze, okhalweni, ezithweni ezingenhla, esifubeni nasemhlane. I-stroke ngayinye izoqedela ukufinyela okuphelele nokunwetshwa kwemilenze engaphezulu nengaphansi, ukhalo nesisu, nomhlane, okuholela kumphumela wokuzivocavoca kwemisipha yomzimba ogcwele. Ukuzivivinya komshini wokugwedla kunenzuzo ikakhulukazi kubantu abanamafutha amaningi okhalweni, esiswini, nasezingalweni ezingaphezulu.

Lapho ugwedla, kufanele unake ukuvumelana kokunyakaza kwakho. I-stroke ngayinye nesandiso kufanele senziwe endaweni, ngaphandle kokumisa isikhashana. Imisipha ehilelekile ekuhambeni ngeke iselulwe ngokugcwele noma inkontileka uma i-amplitude incane kakhulu. Ilinganisa ukunyakaza kwemvelo kokugwedla futhi ifanelekela imidlalo yokuzivocavoca neyekhaya, ivocavoca imisipha yezandla, imilenze, ukhalo, nezinye izingxenye, ivocavoca ngokuphumelelayo izicubu ezinwebekayo, ikakhulukazi iqolo eliphansi, elingadambisa izimpawu zobuhlungu beqolo.