Exercise devices – For foot or ankle
Patent
1991-06-20
1993-02-16
Green, Randall L.
Exercise devices
For foot or ankle
482 92, 482121, 128 25R, 128 25B, A61H 102
Patent
active
051866986
ABSTRACT:
A system utilizable by a patient engaged in strengthening, stretching or range of motion exercise therapy of the ankle which contains a number of interactive components combinable in any one of several different configurations to provide the patient with specific ankle exercise devices. One such device provides ankle dorsiflexion and inversion/eversion strengthening exercises performed by moving the patient's foot in various directions against the elastic resistance of an elastomeric tube while the device is anchored in a door jamb. Another device provides ankle dorsiflexion, plantarflexion and inversion/eversion strengthening by exerting the foot against resistance from the patient across a strap. Yet another device provides ankle supination/pronation, toe flexion/extension, and isometric eversion exercises by performing various movements with the toes or feet to deform a towel. The final device is for stretching and ankle range of motion exercises by placing the patient's foot on a platform and rocking the platform on curved runners in various directions.
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Mason Bradley R.
Mason Jeffrey T.
Breg, Inc.
Brown Rodney F.
Green Randall L.
Nguyen Dinh X.
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