Education and demonstration – Physical education – Developing or testing coordination
Patent
1993-05-14
1995-04-04
Mancene, Gene
Education and demonstration
Physical education
Developing or testing coordination
434258, 434259, G09B 1924
Patent
active
054031907
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for the testing and evaluating of a person's dexterity, range of motion, and dynamic lifting ability. The dexterity testing includes methods which can evaluate the wrist and hand range of motion by requiring the person to move his wrist through the normal range of motions, including flexion, extension, pronation, and supination. The person undergoes the same test and evaluation at each of three working heights: (1) elbow height, (2) overhead height, and (3) knee height, providing a functional assessment of dexterity and range of motion of the person's entire musculoskeletal system. The lifting ability testing includes both an upper body lifting evaluation (to shoulder height) and a lower body lifting evaluation (to carry height). Each of the two evaluations is tested independently.
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Lafayette Instrument Company, Inc.
Mancene Gene
Smith Jeffrey A.
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