Rehabilitative apparatus for treating reflex sympathetic dystrophy

A rehabilitative apparatus for treatment of reflex sympathetic dystrophy comprising

• a) a frame, having mounted thereon a motor with a reciprocating shaft oriented in a vertical orientation to said frame;
• b) a horizontally oriented arm attached to said motor shaft, having at its end opposite the attachment to said motor shaft a handle extending generally parallel to the shaft of said motor, whereby said handle is reciprocated through an arc of about 180 degrees on reciprocal operation of said motor;
• c) a cylindrical motor housing extending from centrally of said motor upwardly a distance generally a distance similar to said handle;
• d) an exercise glove for securing a limb to said cylindrical housing proximate a joint in said limb, said limb being secured to said housing extending in an orientation to allow reciprocation of the limb about said joint by the arc rotation by attachment of said glove to said handle;
• e) motor control means for directing said motor in reciprocal motion through a controllable arc of about 180 degrees, at a controllable rate of about 3 to about 10 seconds for the arc of rotation.