Training device for rehabilitation
AssigneeCombi Corporation
InventorsShinroku Nakao, Masao Ito
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Abstract
A rehabilitation training device and method in which a target heart rate is input, the heart rate is measured and a load in an ergometer operated by the person undergoing rehabilitation is changed accordingly. There are four steps in the training: (1) warm up--the load is increased to have the heart rate linearly approach the target value; (2) automatic--the load is varied to maintain the heart rate at the target; (3) interval--the load is alternated between its average value in the automatic step and a fraction thereof, and (4) cool-down-the load is gradually decreased.
Claims4
A rehabilitation training device in which at least four training steps of warming-up, automatic control, interval control and cool-down are provided, said rehabilitation training device comprising:
- pulse rate measuring means for detecting a heart rate of a user at rest before said training steps and during said training steps;
- data inputting means for freely setting a target heart rate as an exercise reference for said user;
- processing circuit means for processing input data from said pulse rate measuring means and said data inputting means;
- an ergometer for being operatively manipulated by a said user and having a load controlled by an output of said processing circuit means;
- warm-up control means for gradually increasing said load of said ergometer during said warm-up step until a detected heart rate of said user reaches said target heart rate;
- automatic control means for controlling said load of said ergometer during said automatic control step so that, after reaching said target heart rate, a detected heart rate is maintained within a predetermined tolerance of said target heart rate;
- interval control means for changing said load of said ergometer during said interval control step at intervals, according to an average load value of said load during a predetermined period of said automatic control step;
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- cool-down control means for gradually decreasing said load of said ergometer during said cool-down step following said interval control step;
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- wherein said warm-up control means, said automatic control means, said interval control means and said cool-down control means being provided in conjunction with an operation of said processing circuit.
A method for controlling a rehabilitation training device which includes an ergometer having variable load means, pedal means to be operatively manipulated by a user, and a sensor for measuring heart beats of said user, said method comprising the steps of:
- inputting a target heart rate as an exercise reference for said user;
- measuring a heart rate of said user while at rest, and while training on said ergometer;
- processing said target heart rate and a heart rate from said measuring step to produce a load value for said ergometer;
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- setting a load on said ergometer to said load value;
- wherein said processing step including the sub-steps of;
- gradually increasing said load value during a warm-up period until a measured heart rate reaches said target heart rate;
- controlling said load value during an automatic control period so that after reaching said target value, a measured heart rate is maintained within a predetermined tolerance of said target heart rate;
- changing said load value at intervals during an interval training period, said changing step being conducted according to an average value of said load value during said controlling step;
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- gradually decreasing said load value in a cool-down period following said changing step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.