Therapeutic foot and leg exercise device

Details Therapeutic foot and leg exercise device Therapeutic foot and leg exercise device

1990-10-12

1992-07-07

Apley, Richard J.

Exercise devices

For foot or ankle

128 25B, A63B 2310

Patent

active

051278928

ABSTRACT:
An in situ foot exercise shoe for enhancing the in-place exercise of the foot of a person, particularly the elderly and those afflicted with various abnormalities of the lower extremities which require exercise without actual walking or running. The apparatus constructed according to the present invention comprises a shoe which enhances sliding movement in a to-and-fro path of travel. The shoe includes a planar slide for sliding in a to-and-fro reciprocal path of travel and mechanism for coupling the slide to the underside of the foot. The slide includes a sole having a smooth uninterrupted planar bottom surface for enhancing to-and-fro sliding movement.

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