Gravity lumbar traction device

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1987-09-01

1990-01-30

Pieprz, William

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 78, A61H 102

Patent

active

048966592

ABSTRACT:
A support that uses gravity and the patient's own body weight to produce traction for lumbar reduction is in the form of a vest worn around the patient's chest and including weight supporting arm rests attached to the vest, so the elbows and forearms can be rested thereon to partially support the patient's weight. The weight supported through the arms relieves part of the load on the ribs and trunk of the patient. The support is low cost and comprises a cross bar such as the commonly used chinning bar that is supported in a doorway at a height adjusted so the patient can touch the floor with his toes and adjust the weight supported through the vest, as well.

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"The Use of Traction in Bachache," E. H. Frazer, The Medical Journal of Australia, 10/30/54, pp. 694-697.
"A Device for the Application of Heavy Lumbar Traction: Its Mechanical Effects," J. F. Lehmann, G. D. Brunner, Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 11/58, pp. 696-700.

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