Proprioceptive/kinesthetic apparatus and method
AssigneeAPOS—Medical and Sports Technologies Ltd.
InventorsAvi Elbaz, Amit Mor
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Abstract
A footwear which includes a support member having an inner sole and an upper surface attachable to a foot, and two bulbous protuberances protruding from a lower surface of the support member on opposite sides of a latitudinal midline, is provided.
Claims13
A footwear comprising:
- a support member having an inner sole and an upper surface attachable to a foot, and two bulbous protuberances, a forward bulbous protuberance and rearward bulbous protuberance, each has a curved outer contour, protruding from a lower surface of said support member on opposite sides of a latitudinal midline thereof, said latitudinal midline being halfway between a calcaneus support portion and a phalanges support portion of said support member, wherein the ratio between the surface area of the inner sole to the surface area of a base of at least one bulbous protuberance of the two bulbous protuberances is less than 12:1, wherein, at least one bulbous protuberance of the two bulbous protuberances has a shore hardness of between 15 to 100 Sh A and a measure of less than 10 Young's modulus in GPa, said footwear is adapted to support the foot only by said two bulbous protuberances when said two protuberances are placed on a ground surface.
A method for preparing footwear, the footwear comprising a support member having an upper surface attachable to a foot, and two bulbous protuberances, a forward bulbous protuberance and a rearward bulbous protuberance, each bulbous protuberance having a curved outer contour, protruding from a lower surface of said support member on opposite sides of a latitudinal midline thereof, said latitudinal midline being halfway between a calcaneus support portion and a phalanges support portion of said support member, wherein the ratio between the surface area of the inner sole to the surface area of a base of at least one bulbous protuberance of the two bulbous protuberances is less than 12:1, wherein, at least one bulbous protuberance of the two bulbous protuberances has a shore hardness of between 15 to 100 Sh A and a measure of less than 10 Young's modulus in GPa, said footwear is adapted to support the foot only by said two bulbous protuberances when said two protuberances are placed on a ground surface, the method comprising:
- positioning at least one protuberance on said lower surface of said support member.
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