Devices for exercise apparatuses

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for determining an osteogenic loading from an exercise apparatus for performing an exercise, the exercise apparatus comprising a loading interface, a frame, a linear adjustment system interposing between and fixedly coupled to the loading interface and the frame, and a sensor coupled to the linear adjustment system, which when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to execute a method comprising:

• (A) adjusting, through a movement of the linear adjustment system in a first longitudinal direction, a position of the loading interface of the exercise apparatus to one or more intermediate positions of a plurality of functional positions in a functional range of the loading interface, wherein the functional range comprises a first terminal functional position, the one or more intermediate positions, and a second terminal functional position, thereby permitting movement of the loading interface to the position in the one or more intermediate positions;
• (B) receiving, in response to the adjusting (A), a force exerted by a subject on the loading interface at the position in the one or more intermediate positions;
• (C) obtaining, in response to the receiving (B), a measurement of the force exerted by the subject on the loading interface at the position in the one or more intermediate positions from the sensor;
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• (D) determining, based on the measurement of the force, a corresponding osteogenic loading for the force exerted by the subject.

A method for determining an osteogenic loading from an exercise apparatus for performing an exercise, the exercise apparatus comprising a loading interface, a frame, a linear adjustment system interposing between and fixedly coupled to the loading interface and the frame, and a sensor coupled to the linear adjustment system, which when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to execute a procedure comprising:

• (A) adjusting, through a movement of the linear adjustment system in a first longitudinal direction, a position of the loading interface of the exercise apparatus to one or more intermediate positions of a plurality of functional positions in a functional range of the loading interface, wherein the functional range comprises a first terminal functional position, the one or more intermediate positions, and a second terminal functional position, thereby permitting movement of the loading interface to the position in the one or more intermediate positions;
• (B) receiving, in response to the adjusting (A), a force exerted by a subject on the loading interface at the position in the one or more intermediate positions;
• (C) obtaining, in response to the receiving (B), a measurement of the force exerted by the subject on the loading interface at the position in the one or more intermediate positions from the sensor;
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• (D) determining, based on the measurement of the force, a corresponding osteogenic loading for the force exerted by the subject.