Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1987-02-26
1989-08-15
Smith, Jerry
Boots, shoes, and leggings
128774, G06F 1532
Patent
active
048581267
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for determining the furnctional capabilities of bodies. More particularly, methods and apparatus for reliably producing a numerical index of the state of health of a patient's back are disclosed. The method generally comprises positioning the patient in a first position, usually on a rigid flat surface. With the patient so positioned, the physician then measures the ability of the patient to perform certain movements with the first portion of the body while the patient attempts to maintain the remainder of the body in a substantially stationary position. Such movements will contain some indicia of the relative health of the patient's back, and the measurements thereof quantify such indicia. Measuring the movements will generally include measuring the angle and/or distance covered or subtended by the first portion of the body, the remaining portion of the body, or both as the patient proceeds through the designated movement. The percent of body fat of the patient being tested is also generally measured. These measurements are then compared to an expected range of measured values to generate an index indicative of the relative health of the patient's back.
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Hayes Gail O.
Smith Jerry
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