Apparatus and method for lower-limb rehabilitation
AssigneeKyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
InventorYang Soo Lee
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for rehabilitation treatment of patients with lower limb paralysis or physical strength weakening, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for lower limb rehabilitation treatment and exercise. The apparatus and method allows a user to exercise both lower limbs separately, and which can detect changes in the angle of lower limb joints and the magnitude of weight loaded on lower limbs to determine the exercise condition, exercise intensity and motor ability of the respective lower limbs to provide corresponding feedback to the user, thereby enabling effective rehabilitation treatment.
Claims31
An apparatus for lower limb rehabilitation comprising:
- a base frame supported on a bottom;
- an elevation frame arranged to be driven up/down to a predetermined height from the base frame, in parallel therewith;
- a variable jig for supporting the elevation frame above the base frame, allowing the elevation frame to be driven up/down;
- an elevator arranged on the base frame for adjusting an axial width of the variable jig in order to drive up/down the elevation frame;
- a table including a pivotal coupling part formed in a lower position for pivoting with one edge of the elevation frame as a vertex, a backing plate part having a sliding backing plate arranged above the pivotal coupling part for sliding up and down while supporting an upper body of a patient, and a pair of footings arranged on a lower side of the backing plate part to support a weight of the patient, each of the footings being adjustable in height;
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- a tilt-adjusting unit mounted on the elevation frame for driving the table to pivot to a predetermined angle about the pivotal coupling part to erect or lie.
An apparatus for lower limb rehabilitation comprising:
- a base frame supported on a bottom;
- an elevation frame arranged to be driven up/down to a predetermined height from the base frame, in parallel therewith;
- a variable jig for supporting the elevation frame above the base frame, allowing the elevation frame to be driven up/down;
- an elevator arranged on the base frame for adjusting an axial width of the variable jig in order to drive up/down the elevation frame;
- a table including a pivotal coupling part formed in a lower position for pivoting with one edge of the elevation frame as a vertex, a backing plate part having a sliding backing plate arranged above the pivotal coupling part for sliding up and down while supporting an upper body of a patient, the backing plate part capable of detecting a vertical position of the sliding backing plate, a pair of footings arranged on a lower side of the backing plate part to support the patient, each of the footings being adjustable in height and capable of measuring a load applied by the patient thereon, and a calf-fixing part for contacting calves of lower limbs to prevent knees of the patient from biasing inward or outward of the lower limbs;
- a tilt-adjusting unit mounted on the elevation frame for driving the table to pivot to a predetermined angle about the pivotal coupling part to erect or lie;
- a controller for generating a measurement data of the patient, the measurement data including measured joint angle data of measurement of an angle of a joint by determining the angle of the joint based upon the position of the sliding backing plate detected by the backing plate part, and measured weight data of measurement of a weight of the patient loaded on each of the lower limbs detected by each of the footings, and the controller generating result data based upon both reference weight data and joint angle data and the measurement data of the patient, the reference weight data and joint angle data being obtained from a normal lower limb;
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- a display part for displaying the result data generated by the controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.