System for therapeutic exercise and evaluation

A method of motivating patient exercise in a system including a computer for running an exercise motivating program responsive to first and second on/off signals, and first and second exercise devices for activation by the patient through patient exercise coupled to the computer and providing the first and second signals to the computer upon activation, comprising the steps of:

• (a) prompting the patient for which of the first or second exercise devices to require more frequent activations;
• (b) performing a first predetermined action responsive to said first or second on/off signal corresponding to activation by the patient through patient exercise of the first or second exercise device requiring more frequent activation by the patient through patient exercise as determined in step (a);
• (c) performing a second predetermined action responsive to said first or second signal corresponding to activation by the patient through patient exercise of the first or second exercise device other than the first or second exercise device requiring more frequent activation by the patient through patient exercise as determined in step (a);
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• (d) wherein said first predetermined action is performed on the average more often than said predetermined action.