Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1993-03-16
1993-12-21
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128 25R, 482 5, 482120, A61B 5103
Patent
active
052714160
ABSTRACT:
A device is disclosed for performing a quantitative analysis of a patient during exercise against isometric, isokinetic, or isoinertial resistance, in order to construct a detailed musculoskeletal model of a human subject. To use the device, the subject grasps a handle which is attached to a length of cable, wound upon a cable spool. Adjustable braking means attached to the cable spool supplies isometric, isokinetic, or isoinertial resistance against unwinding of the cable in order to simulate selected lifting motions. Sensing devices detect the longitudinal and lateral angles at which the patient is pulling the cable. A torsion spring is attached to the cable spool for rewinding the cable. In the preferred version, force sensors are attached to an upper surface of the platform to detect the manner in which the subject's weight is distributed between the anterior and posterior regions of the subject's feet, as well as between the subject's right and left feet. In an alternative embodiment, one or more cameras can be placed at selected positions relative to the lifting platform in order to monitor different aspects of the patient's body during lifting activity. A computing station is attached to the sensors available in the particular embodiment being utilized, including the cameras if present, and functions to analyze data received therefrom in order to create a biomedical model representative of the patent for use in evaluation. The computing station can also be adapted to accept input from a goniometer in order to perform analysis of the patient's lumbar spine.
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Alaska Research & Development, Inc.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Tucker Guy V.
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