U.S. patent application number 12/296411 was filed with the patent office on 2009-06-25 for exerciser for physical therapy.
Invention is credited to Valeriy A. Petrakov.
Application Number | 20090163337 12/296411 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 38625436 |
Filed Date | 2009-06-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090163337 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Petrakov; Valeriy A. |
June 25, 2009 |
EXERCISER FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY
Abstract
The invention relates to medical engineering and can be used for
therapeutic and remedial exercises and for remedial gymnastics or
sports. The inventive training device for physical therapy
comprises a frame provided with a base, a platform placed on the
base, an additional platform and at least one arm support. Said
platform and additional platform are embodied in the form of for
supports and are connected in such a way that they are rotatable
together with the base. The base is placed on the frame in such a
way that it is rotatable or rotatable and fixable or rotatable and
fixable and connected to means for producing and/or adjusting an
operating load. A distance between the center of rotation of the
platform and the center of rotation of the additional platform
ranges from 200 to 600 mm. The height of at least one arm support
ranges from 500 to 2300 mm.
Inventors: |
Petrakov; Valeriy A.;
(Moscow, RU) |
Correspondence
Address: |
RADER, FISHMAN & GRAUER PLLC
39533 WOODWARD AVENUE, SUITE 140
BLOOMFIELD HILLS
MI
48304-0610
US
|
Family ID: |
38625436 |
Appl. No.: |
12/296411 |
Filed: |
April 2, 2007 |
PCT Filed: |
April 2, 2007 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/RU07/00158 |
371 Date: |
October 7, 2008 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/147 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 21/023 20130101;
A63B 21/00069 20130101; A63B 21/00061 20130101; A63B 22/14
20130101; A61H 2203/0406 20130101; A63B 21/015 20130101; A61H
2201/1633 20130101; A63B 23/03533 20130101; A61H 2001/0203
20130101; A61H 1/005 20130101; A61H 2205/065 20130101; A63B
2023/003 20130101; A61H 2205/12 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/147 |
International
Class: |
A63B 22/14 20060101
A63B022/14 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Apr 7, 2006 |
RU |
2006111275 |
Claims
1-13. (canceled)
14. An exerciser for physical therapy comprising: a base, a frame,
the base being rotatably mounted on the frame, a first platform and
a second platform, the first and second platforms being rotatably
mounted on the base and being configured as foot supports, at least
one non-deformable and replaceable hand support, and a means for
creating and adjusting an operating load, the base being connected
to the device.
15. The exerciser according to claim 14, further comprising a seat
placed on the disk.
16. The exerciser according to claim 14, further comprising an
additional support for the feet placed on the disk and made as a
removable rung.
17. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the at least one
non-deformable hand support is of II-shape.
18. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the at least one
non-deformable hand support is of T-shape.
19. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the at least one
non-deformable hand support is L-shaped.
20. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the at least one
non-deformable hand support is arch-shaped, fixed on posts and is
oriented in parallel to the base.
21. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the frame, the
base, and the platforms are shaped as disks or ovals, or polygons,
or polygons with rounded corners and curved sides.
22. The exerciser according to claim 14, further comprising
auxiliary devices for putting feet thereon, the auxiliary devices
being installed on the base and made as ribbed surfaces or ribbed
pads.
23. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the connection
between the base and the frame is made via an axis.
24. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the connection
between the base and the frame is made via a bearing.
25. The exerciser according to claim 14, further comprising rollers
mounted between the base and the frame and attached to the
base.
26. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the connection
between the platforms and the base is made via a bearing.
27. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the connection
between each of the platforms and the base is made via a respective
axis.
28. The exerciser according to claim 14, further comprising
additional devices for putting feet thereon, the additional devices
being installed on the platforms and made as ribbed surfaces or
ribbed pads.
29. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the means for
creating an operating load is made as at least one spring or a
rubber link fixed with its one end on the base and with its other
end on the frame.
30. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the means for
creating an operating load is made as at least one spring fixed
with its one end on the base and connected to a band brake adapted
to interact with a cylindrical support located on the frame.
31. The exerciser according to claim 14, further comprising a lock
to fix the base.
32. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the distance
between centers of rotation of the platforms is about 420 mm, and
the height of at least one non-deformable hand support is about
1000 mm.
33. The exerciser according to claim 14, wherein the at least one
non-deformable hand support is provided with a height-adjusting
mechanism.
34. An exerciser for physical therapy comprising: a base, a frame,
the base being rotatably mounted on the frame, a first platform and
a second platform, the first and second platforms being rotatably
mounted on the base and being configured as foot supports, the
distance between centers of rotation of the platforms being of
about 420 mm, at least one non-deformable hand support, the height
of at least one hand support being of about 1000 mm, and a means
for creating and adjusting an operating load, the base being
connected to the device.
Description
[0001] This invention refers to medical equipment and can be used
for health-improving or rehabilitation exercise and for physical
therapy or fitness.
[0002] Fitness exercisers are well known. For example, there is a
"Training apparatus" under patent RU 33024 UI, 10. 10.2003 made of
a base frame, a handrail, two rotating platforms and one rotating
disk. The disk is mounted on the base frame, and the two platforms
are mounted on the disk. The handrail is made with the possibility
of elastic deformation or has an element made with the possibility
of elastic deformation.
[0003] This apparatus permits to increase the efficacy of training
various groups of muscles and to make exercise more entertaining,
but it doesn't ensure a full scope of physical therapy. In
particular, the presence of a handrail with the possibility of
elastic deformation or a handrail with an element made with the
possibility of elastic deformation hinders its application for
recovery of lost functions, for instance, after injury and in
rehabilitation of patients with poor coordination of movements.
[0004] "Apparatus for physical therapy" (USSR certificate of
authorship #858821, 1981) is closer to the proposed invention. It
has a frame with a base and a platform located on the base. This
apparatus, according to its description, ensures rehabilitation of
patients with locomotor traumas, or somatic disorders but it
doesn't permit to exercise muscles involved in rotation of the body
and the extremities.
[0005] The present invention is aimed at solving the problem of
providing a convenient, manufacturable and constructively simple
exerciser for physical therapy and sports, which would permit to
train groups of muscles involved in rotation of the body and the
extremities and would combine the potential of similar medical or
fitness equipment with the ability to accelerate the recovery of
lost functions, e.g. after spinal surgery, and to have a positive
effect on rehabilitation of patients with osteochondrosis, spinal
trauma and infantile cerebral paralysis.
[0006] Accordingly, the technical result of the invention is the
technical effect objectively manifest in its manufacture and use
and realized in the availability of the above mentioned
characteristics.
[0007] The essence of the invention is manifested by the totality
of essential characteristics, namely, the exerciser for physical
therapy with a base on a frame and a platform on the base differs
from the nearest analogues in that it has a least one hand support
and an additional platform, the platform and the additional
platform being made as feet supports and rotatably connected with
the base mounted on the frame with the possibility to rotate; or
with the base mounted on the frame with the possibility to rotate
and be fixed, or with the base mounted on the frame with the
possibility to rotate and be fixed and is connected with a device
for creating and/or adjusting the operating load, the distance
between the center of rotation of the movable platform and the
center of rotation of the additional movable platform is 200-600 mm
and the height of at least of hand support is 500-2300 mm.
[0008] The described totality of essential characteristics is
sufficient for obtaining the technical result of the invention in
all cases that are covered by the requested scope of legal
protection.
[0009] In particular instances of its manufacture or application
the exerciser might have the following options: a seat and/or
additional support for the feet made as a removable rung; at least
one hand support is U-, or T-, or L-shaped or arch-shaped and fixed
on posts in parallel to the base; the frame, the base, the
platform, and the additional platform are shaped as disks and/or
ovals, and/or polygons, and/or polygons with rounded angels and
curved sides; the base has auxiliary devices for feet made, for
instance, as ribbed surfaces or ribbed pads; the base is connected
to the frame by an axis and/or a bearing; the base is connected to
the frame by an axis and/or a bearing and is mounted on the
rollers; the platform and the additional platform are connected
with the movable base by axes and/or bearings; the platform and the
additional platform have auxiliary devices for feet made, for
instance as ribbed surfaces or ribbed pads; the device for creating
the operating load is made as at least one spring or a rubber link
fixed with its one end on the frame and with its other end on the
base, or as at least one spring fixed with its one end on the base
and connected to the band brake that is located so as to be able to
interact with a cylindrical support located on the frame; it might
have a lock to fix the base; the distance between the centers of
rotation of the platform and of the additional platform might be
420 mm, and the height of at least one hand support might be 1000
mm; at least one hand support might be provided with a mechanism
for adjusting height and/or can be replaced by a support with
different dimensions.
[0010] The above characteristics are related to the technical
result in that the platform and the additional platform are made as
feet supports and mounted on the base with the possibility to
rotate, and the base that, in its turn, can be rotated and fixed
with regard to the frame, and this permits to perform both simple
and complex movements. These movements are possible only if the
design ensures turning both the body and the extremities. This
combination of rotating feet supports and the rotating base permits
to exercise the multifidus muscles and spinal rotators, abdominal
external and internal oblique muscles. In particular, due to the
specific attachment of the multifidus muscles and the spinal
rotator muscles to the 1.sup.st and 2.sup.nd vertebrae it becomes
possible to ensure a local impact on a damaged segment or segments
in scoliosis, to recover macro- and microcirculation and
innervation, and to improve trophism. Training of the abdominal
external and internal oblique muscles strengthens the muscles of
the prelum abdominale and reduces fat deposits. It also contributes
to maintenance of the ligaments of the internal organs in tonus and
is effective in splanchnoptosis or dislocation of the abdominal and
pelvic organs, and in their dysfunction.
[0011] For safe training, at least one hand support with the
adjustable height is required in feet supports rotatably placed on
the base. Anthropometric data of the user should be taken into
account according to the numeric range for setting the distance
between the rotation centers of the feet supports (200-600 mm) and
the height of at least one hand support (500-2300 mm). These values
were determined by studies that revealed the effect of the above
complex movements on users of different height. In particular, it
was found that even a medium effort during a twisting movement not
typical for an individual, for example, if the hands are 100-150 mm
lower than necessary, might cause trauma, besides, it is difficult
to the user to maintain the balance in such a position of the
hands. A customized distance between the rotation centers of the
feet supports, the height of the support and its U shape, T shape,
L shape or arch shape fixed on posts in parallel to the base make
the exerciser safe and convenient and allows to keep the balance in
nearly any position. The hand support of any of the above shape
widens the possibilities of the exerciser and permits to perform
more complex exercises.
[0012] The combination of the above mentioned numeric ranges, the
rotating platform, the additional rotating movable platform, the
rotating base and at least one hand support permits to considerably
enhance the effectiveness of static exercises, for example, those
meant to train postural muscles. In this case, the best effect is
obtained due to the fact that maintenance of the body and
extremities in a certain position on the movable base and movable
platforms requires a considerable effort on the part of the user to
keep the position.
[0013] The seat and/or the additional feet support made as a
removable rung permit to perform exercises sitting or putting the
extremities on different levels.
[0014] The feet supports made with additional fixing devices and
the movable platform made with additional devices for the feet, for
example, as ribbed surfaces or ribbed pads rule out sliding of the
user's feet, prevent injuries and make physical exercise more
comfortable.
[0015] Shaping the frame, the base and the platforms as disks
and/or ovals, and/or polygons, providing their junctions with axes
or bearings, and installion on rollers make the construction simple
and technological.
[0016] The essence of the invention is explicated by the drawing,
where
[0017] FIG. 1 shows the general view of the exerciser for physical
therapy;
[0018] FIG. 2--the same exerciser with the additional feet support
made as a removable rung;
[0019] FIG. 3--D view (see FIG. 1) shows the device for creating
the operating load, namely, a spring connected with the base and
with the frame in the initial position;
[0020] FIG. 4--D view with the device for creating the operating
load after the base has been rotated;
[0021] FIG. 5--D view with the device for creating the operating
load with two springs;
[0022] FIG. 6--D view after the rotation of the base connected with
two springs;
[0023] FIG. 7--D view with the device for creating the operating
load made as a spring fixed with its one end on the base and
connected with a band brake able to interact with a cylindrical
support located on the frame;
[0024] FIG. 8--J view of FIG. 7;
[0025] FIG. 9--E view (see FIG. 5) of fixation of the device for
creating the operating load;
[0026] FIGS. 10 and 11--A view and G-G section (see FIG. 1)
explaining the location of the base on the frame and location of
the platform and the additional platform on the base,
respectively;
[0027] FIGS. 12 and 13--a lock to fix the base in the active and
inactive positions, respectively;
[0028] FIG. 14--V-V section (see FIG. 6) showing the connection of
the base and the frame.
[0029] The exerciser for physical therapy has a frame [1] with the
base [2] and at least one hand support [3]. A platform [4] and an
additional platform [5] are mounted on the base [2]. The platform
[4] and the additional platform [5] are made as feet supports and
are connected to the base [2] with the possibility to rotate. The
base [2] is mounted on the frame [1] with the possibility to
rotate; or with the possibility to rotate and be fixed, or is
mounted on the frame [1] with the possibility to rotate and be
fixed and is connected with a device for creating and/or adjusting
the operating load. The operating load device can be made as at
least one spring [6] or a rubber link fixed with one end on the
frame [1] and with the other end on the base [2] with
mushroom-shaped hooks [7]. The distance between the rotation center
of the platform [4] and the rotation center of the additional
platform [5] is 200-600 mm. The height of at least one hand support
[3] is 500-2000 mm.
[0030] The exerciser may be equipped with a seat (not shown on the
drawings) and/or additional feet support made as a removable rung
[8].
[0031] At least one hand support [3] made be U-shaped, T-shaped,
L-shaped, or ark shaped, mounted on the posts in parallel to the
movable base [2].
[0032] The frame [1], the base [2], the platform [4] and the
additional platform [5] may be shaped as disks and/or ovals and/or
polygons and/or polygons with rounded angles and curved sides.
[0033] The base [2] may have additional feet fixing devices made as
ribbed surfaces or ribbed pads (not shown on the drawing).
[0034] The base [2] may be connected to the frame [1] by an axis
[9] and/or a bearing [10] and mounted on the rollers [11].
[0035] The platform [4] and the additional platform [5] are
connected to the base [2] by axes [12] and/or bearings and may have
additional feet fixing devices made as ribbed surfaces or ribbed
pads.
[0036] The exerciser may have a lock [13] to fix the base with a
pin [14].
[0037] The distance between the rotation centers of the platform
[4] and of the additional platform [5] may be 420 mm and the height
of at least one hand support [3] may be 1000 mm.
[0038] At least one hand support [3] may have a device for
adjusting height and/or may be replaced by a hand support with
different dimensions. Replacement and/or adjustment can be done by
the placing the hand support [3] into holding elements [15] and
further fixing with bolts [16].
[0039] The operating load device can be made as a spring [17] fixed
with its one end on the base [2] with a pin [18] and connected with
a band brake [19] that can interact with a cylindrical support [20]
located on the frame [1]. The frame [1] may have legs [21].
[0040] For exercising, at least one hand support [3] is adjusted at
the required height or selected in accordance with the
anthropometric data of the user. The support [3] is put into the
holding elements [15] and fixed with bolts [16]. The base [2] can
be fixed on the frame [1] with the pin [14] of the lock [13] or can
rotate on the axis [9] or on the bearing [10] and rollers [11].
[0041] In the first case, the user stands on the platform [4] and
the additional platform [5] that are made as feet supports and
mounted on the base [2] with the possibility to rotate.
[0042] Then the user, holding on at least one hand support [3],
begins to take efforts in order to rotate the platform [4] and the
additional platform [5] clockwise and/or anticlockwise. Since the
platform [4] and the additional platform [5] are mounted on the
base [2] with the possibility to rotate on the axes [12] or on the
bearings, the left and the right feet of the user begin to move
clockwise or anticlockwise. If necessary, the directions of
rotation of the platforms [4] and [5] can be changed. If the
base[2] is fixed with the lock [13], the rotation of the feet might
be performed in one direction if they are put in parallel on the
platforms [4] and [5].
[0043] If required, the exerciser provided with the device for
creating and/or adjusting the operating load can be used. This
device can be made, for example, as a spring(s) [6] fixed with its
one end on the frame [1] and with the other end on the base [2], in
particular, by mushroom-shaped hooks [7]. The load adjustment is
done by replacement of the spring [6] with a spring that has
different characteristics or a different regulator.
[0044] The operating load device can be made as a spring [17] or a
rubber link fixed with its one end on the base [2] by the pin [18]
and connected to a band brake [19]. The band brake [19] interacts
with a cylindrical support [20] located on the frame [1]. At
rotation of the base [2] with respect to the frame [1] the
operating load is created by friction between the band brake [19]
and the cylindrical support [20]. The spring [17] that presses the
band brake [19] to the cylindrical support [20] also compensates
the wear.
[0045] If the user is on the platform [4] and the additional
platform [5] rotating on the axes [12] or on the bearings, while
the base [2] rotates on the axis [9] and the rollers [11], the
movement of the legs is performed from the starting position
clockwise or anticlockwise and reminds putting one leg behind the
other. Such "twisting" involves the muscles that are not frequently
used in everyday life, which makes physical therapy very
effective.
[0046] If the user is on the platform [4] and the additional
platform [5] rotating on the axes [12] or on the bearings, while
the base [2] is fixed on the frame by the pin [14] of the lock
[13], the movement of the legs is performed without additional
twisting, which is important for the initial stage of
rehabilitation after particular diseases.
[0047] When the additional feet support made as a removable rung
[8] is used, one foot is put on the rung and the other on one of
the platforms [4] or [5]. Performing rotation, the legs are
alternatively put one in front or behind the other.
[0048] If the user stands on additional feet fixation devices, and
holding at a hand support [3] begins to take effort for rotating
the base [2] alternatively clockwise and anticlockwise, the
exerciser works as a conventional sports equipment, providing the
possibility to perform standard exercises that might also be
helpful to the user.
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