JP2008178431A - Training apparatus for restoring foot muscle strength - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a training apparatus for restoring foot muscle strengths which restores the muscle strengths of thigh parts and shin parts of feet with a smaller size and a high operability by using an elastic bellows. <P>SOLUTION: Two elastic bellows 1a and 1b are fixed on a base plate 2 at an interval and made to communicate with each other through a communication pipe 3 while foot latch means 4a and 4b are provided at upper end faces of the respective elastic bellows 1a and 1b. In the formation, this enables the repetition of the stretching exercise of feet and the elastic operation and compression operation of the elastic bellows 1a and 1b. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

In particular, the present invention relates to a foot strength recovery training apparatus that recovers strength of thighs and shins of a foot.

Conventionally, a training device for restoring muscle strength of a foot, particularly a thigh and a shin of a foot, has been installed only in a rehabilitation room of an orthopedic clinic, and the training device itself has a structure. It is complicated and quite expensive. Moreover, when a past patent document is retrospectively searched for a simple training device for restoring leg strength, the one disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is known.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-48928

The training apparatus for restoring leg strength used in the rehabilitation room of the orthopedic clinic has a complicated structure and is quite expensive. Furthermore, the physical therapist must hit the patient himself. There was a problem that could not be operated.

Further, the simple training apparatus for restoring leg strength disclosed in Patent Document 1 supplies compressed air to two actuators via a regulator, a servo valve, etc., and when one actuator contracts, the other actuator When one actuator is extended, the other actuator is contracted so that the wire pulls, and the plate slides forward or backward to flex and extend the knee to exercise leg strength recovery training. However, it requires a plate that connects the seat and the buttocks of the human body, a plate that connects the seat and the knee, and a plate that connects the knee and the buttocks. As a result, there was a problem of poor operability.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a foot muscle strength recovery training apparatus that is small and has good operability by using an elastic bellows.

In the present invention, two elastic bellows are fixed to a substrate with a space therebetween, and each elastic bellows is communicated via a communication pipe, and a leg latching means is provided on the upper surface of each elastic bellows. Means of providing and forming, or
Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate at intervals, and each elastic bellows is communicated via a communication pipe, and an opening / closing valve is provided at a lower portion of each elastic bellows, Means of forming a leg latching means on the upper surface of each elastic bellows, or
Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate with a gap, a vent is opened at a lower portion of each elastic bellows, and a leg latching means is provided on the upper surface of each elastic bellows. Means to form, or
Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate at intervals, and each elastic bellows communicates with each other via a communication pipe, and the communication pipe alternately and forcibly supplies air to each elastic bellows. And means for providing and forming a leg latching means on the upper surface of each elastic bellows,
Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate at intervals, and each elastic bellows communicates with each other via a communication pipe, and the communication pipe alternately and forcibly supplies air to each elastic bellows. And an air supply / exhaust means for exhausting, a means for providing an opening / closing valve in a lower part of each elastic bellows, and further, a means for forming a foot latch on the upper surface of each elastic bellows,
By adopting any of the above, the above-mentioned problems were solved.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the elastic bellows of the elastic bellows is not forcedly fed and exhausted by mechanical means or the like using two elastic bellows alternately. Using elasticity and compressibility, the elastic bellows are elastically compressed and compressed by repeating the flexion and extension of the foot with the user's own strength, speed, etc. in the state where the user is supine. Can restore leg muscle strength.

According to the inventions of claims 2 and 3, the two elastic bellows are alternately or simultaneously sent to the respective elastic bellows without forcibly supplying and exhausting air by mechanical means or the like. By utilizing the elasticity and compressibility of the elastic bellows, the elastic bellows can be elasticated by repeating the flexion and extension of the foot with the user's own strength, speed, etc. The leg muscle strength can be restored by firing and compression.

According to the invention described in claim 4, the air is forcibly supplied and exhausted alternately to the two elastic bellows, and the user is supine using the elasticity and compressibility of the elastic bellows. In the state, the elastic muscles can be repelled and compressed so that the user forcibly repeats the flexion and extension of the foot to restore the leg muscle strength.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the elastic bellows are used by using the elasticity and compressibility of the elastic bellows without forcibly supplying and exhausting air alternately or simultaneously with the two elastic bellows. In a state where the user is supine, by repeating the flexion and extension motion of the foot with the user's own strength, speed, etc., the elastic accordion can be repelled and compressed to restore the leg muscle strength.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view illustrating a foot muscle strength recovery training device according to a first embodiment of the present invention with a part cut away, and FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating the same use state.

The training apparatus for restoring leg strength according to the first embodiment of the present invention uses two elastic bellows 1a and 1b to forcibly send air alternately to the respective elastic bellows 1a and 1b by mechanical means or the like. With the elasticity and compressibility of the elastic bellows 1a and 1b, the user flexes and stretches his / her legs with his / her arbitrary strength, speed, etc., while using the elasticity and compressibility of the elastic bellows 1a and 1b. By repeating the exercise, the elastic bellows 1a and 1b are elastically and compressed to restore the leg muscle strength.

That is, in the training apparatus for restoring leg strength according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the two elastic bellows 1a and 1b are fixed to the upper surface portion of the substrate 2 at intervals, and the elastic bellows 1a and 1b are The lower part is communicated via a communication pipe 3. And the upper surface of each said elastic bellows 1a * 1b is provided with the latching means 4a * 4b which latches a user's instep part. The hooking means 4a and 4b are not particularly limited as long as they can hook the instep of the foot, but preferably the belt-like one shown in FIG. 1 is used. Is recommended.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the foot muscle strength recovery training device having the above configuration is used by fixing the lower surface portion of the substrate 2 to the inner surface of the back plate 6 of the bed 5. In addition, the training apparatus for leg muscle strength recovery of the present invention can be fixed to an arbitrary place such as a wall surface (not shown) other than the back plate 6 of the bed 5, and a fixing means is not shown but is bonded. Arbitrary fixing means such as an agent and a fixing belt can be employed.

In the method of using the training apparatus for restoring leg strength according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the user lies on the bed 5 and the instep portions of both legs are respectively hooked on the hooking means 4a and 4b of the elastic bellows 1a and 1b. . Then, by the user bending and stretching the foot at an arbitrary strength, speed, number of times, etc., the elastic bellows 1a is pressed against the elastic force of one elastic bellows 1a with one foot. When one leg is gradually extended, the elastic bellows 1a is gradually compressed as shown in FIGS. Further, as the elastic bellows 1a is compressed, the air in the elastic bellows 1a is exhausted and gradually fed into the other elastic bellows 1b through the communication pipe 3, and the other elastic bellows 1b. The foot gradually bends in accordance with the speed at which the other elastic bellows 1b bullets and restores the other foot.

During the extension operation of one leg against the elastic force of the one elastic bellows 1a, the muscles of the thigh and shin of one leg are trained, and the muscle strength is restored. That is, when one leg is fully extended, one elastic bellows 1a is completely compressed, and when the other leg is completely bent, the other elastic bellows 1b is completely elastic. It will be in the state.

Next, conversely to the above, when the other leg is pressed against the elastic force of the other elastic bellows 1b and the other leg is gradually extended, the elastic bellows 1b gradually increases. Go compressed. As the elastic bellows 1b is compressed, the air in the elastic bellows 1b is exhausted and gradually fed into one elastic bellows 1a through the communication pipe 3, and the one elastic bellows 1a. The foot gradually bends in accordance with the speed at which one elastic bellows 1a is bulleted and restored.

During the extension operation of the other leg against the elastic force of the other elastic bellows 1b, the muscles of the thigh and shin of the other leg are trained, and the muscle strength is restored. That is, when the other leg is fully extended, the other elastic bellows 1b is completely compressed, and when one leg is completely bent, one elastic bellows 1a is completely elastic. It will be in the state.

As described above, the leg muscle strength can be recovered by repeating the bending and stretching movements of the foot, the elastic operation of the elastic bellows 1a and 1b, and the compression operation.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The training apparatus for restoring leg strength according to the second embodiment of the present invention is a modification of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the on / off valves 7a and 7b are respectively provided below the two elastic bellows 1a and 1b. It is attached.

When the on-off valves 7a and 7b are closed and used, the same operations and effects as in the first embodiment are obtained. However, when the on-off valves 7a and 7b are opened, either of the on-off valves 7a and 7b When the elastic bellows is compressed, air is exhausted. Conversely, when the compression of the elastic bellows is stopped, the elastic bellows inhales air from the open / close valve on the elastic bellows side and repels and restores.

The training apparatus for leg muscle strength recovery according to the second embodiment of the present invention can be used in the same manner as in the first embodiment as long as the on-off valves 7a and 7b are closed, but the on-off valves 7a and 7b are opened. By doing so, while one elastic bellows 1a is elastic and the other elastic bellows 1b is compressed, one leg presses the elastic bellows 1a against the elastic force of one elastic bellows 1a When one leg is extended, the elastic bellows 1a is gradually compressed while exhausting air from one on-off valve 7a. Then, when the other leg is bent gradually, the other elastic bellows 1b gradually rebounds and is restored while sucking air from the other on-off valve 7b.

Furthermore, in Example 2, it is also possible to extend and bend both feet simultaneously. Since the other operations and effects in the second embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

A third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The leg muscle strength recovery training apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention is a modification of the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the two elastic bellows 1a and 1b are not connected by the communication pipe, and the substrate is connected. The elastic bellows 1a and 1b are independently fixed to the upper surface portion of 2, and vent holes 8a and 8b are opened at the lower portions of the elastic bellows 1a and 1b, respectively.

That is, the training apparatus for restoring leg muscle strength of Example 3 uses the elasticity and compressibility of the elastic bellows 1a and 1b, and air is exhausted from the vents 8a or 8b during the extension movement of the legs. The elastic bellows 1a or 1b is compressed. On the contrary, the air flows from the vent 8a or 8b during the bending motion of the foot, and the elastic bellows 1a or 1b is elastically restored.

The training apparatus for restoring leg strength according to the third embodiment of the present invention can extend and bend both legs at the same time as in the second embodiment. The other operations and effects are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5: is a top view which notches and shows a part of training apparatus for leg | foot muscle strength recovery of Example 4 of this invention.

Unlike the first embodiment, the training apparatus for restoring leg muscle strength according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention forcibly supplies and exhausts air alternately to the two elastic bellows 11a and 11b, and thereby the elastic bellows 11a and 11b. By using the elasticity and compressibility of 11b, the elastic bellows 11a and 11b are elastically and compressed in a state where the user is supine, and the user forcibly repeats the flexion and extension of the foot. The leg muscle strength is restored.

That is, the foot muscle strength recovery training device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention fixes the two elastic bellows 11a and 11b to the upper surface portion of the substrate 12 with a space therebetween, and each elastic bellows 11a and 11b includes: The lower portion communicates with the communication pipe 13. And the latching means 14a * 14b which latches a user's instep part is provided in the upper surface of each said elastic bellows 11a * 11b. The hooking means 14a and 14b are not particularly limited as long as they can hook the upper part of the foot, as in the first embodiment. It is recommended to use the strip shown.

Further, the communication pipe 13 is provided with air supply / exhaust means 15 for forcibly supplying and exhausting air alternately to the elastic bellows 11a and 11b.

The air supply / exhaust means 15 need not be particularly limited, but it is preferable that the air supply / exhaust means 15 includes a fan 17 that rotates forward and backward by a forward / reverse motor 16 as shown in FIG.

That is, the air supply / exhaust means 15 installs the forward / reverse rotating fan 17 in conjunction with the forward / reverse motor 16 in the box 18 disposed in the intermediate portion of the communication pipe 13 and the forward / reverse motor 16. The reverse motor 16 is formed with a controller 19 for setting the rotation speed, operation time, strength / weakness and timer.

In the method of using the training apparatus for restoring leg strength according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the user lies on the bed 5 and the insteps of both feet are respectively hooked on the hooking means 14a and 14b of the elastic bellows 11a and 11b. . Then, when one elastic bellows 11a is elastic and the other elastic bellows 11b is compressed, when a user turns on a switch (not shown) provided in the controller 19, the forward / reverse motor 16 operates and the fan 17 rotates. In addition, the training apparatus for leg | foot muscle strength recovery of this invention Example 4 can be fixed to arbitrary places, such as wall surfaces (not shown) other than the backplate 6 of the bed 5, like the said Example 1, and is fixed. Although the means is not shown, any fixing means such as an adhesive or a fixing belt can be adopted.

When the elastic bellows 11a and 11b are in the state shown in FIG. 5, when the forward / reverse motor 16 rotates forward (clockwise), the fan 17 also rotates forward. Air is exhausted through the communication pipe 13 and forcedly fed into the other elastic bellows 11b gradually, so that one elastic bellows 11a is gradually compressed and one leg is forced. The other elastic bellows 11b gradually springs and the other leg is gradually bent gradually.

Similar to the first embodiment, also in the fourth embodiment, the muscles of the thighs and shins of one leg are trained during the extension operation of one leg due to the compression of the one elastic bellows 11a. Recover. That is, when one leg is fully extended, one elastic bellows 11a is completely compressed, and when the other leg is completely bent, the other elastic bellows 11b is completely elastic. It will be in the state.

Then, in the above state, after the forward rotation of the forward / reverse motor 16 stops, immediately after the forward / reverse motor 16 rotates in the reverse direction (counterclockwise) in accordance with a command from the controller 19, the fan 17 also rotates in reverse. By the reverse rotation of 17, the air in the other elastic bellows 11 b is exhausted through the communication pipe 13 and is forcibly gradually fed into one elastic bellows 11 a, so that the other elastic bellows 11 b The foot is gradually compressed and the other leg is forcibly gradually extended, and one elastic bellows 11a is gradually ejected and the one leg is forcibly gradually bent. .

Similar to the first embodiment, also in the fourth embodiment, the muscles of the thighs and shins of the other leg are trained during the extension operation of the other leg due to the contraction of the other elastic bellows 11b, and the muscle strength is increased. Recover. That is, when the other leg is fully extended, the other elastic bellows 11b is completely compressed, and when one leg is completely bent, one elastic bellows 11a is completely elastic. It will be in the state.

Then, as described above, by repeating the forcing and compression operation of the elastic bellows 11a and 11b, the leg is forcibly bent and stretched, and the leg strength can be recovered.

Embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The foot muscle strength recovery training apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is a modification of the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the on / off valves 20a and 20b are respectively provided below the two elastic bellows 11a and 11b. It is attached.

When the on-off valves 20a and 20b are closed and used, the same operations and effects as in the fourth embodiment are obtained. However, when the on-off valves 20a and 20b are opened, either of the on-off valves 20a and 20b When the elastic bellows is compressed, air is exhausted. Conversely, when the compression of the elastic bellows is stopped, the elastic bellows inhales air from the open / close valve on the elastic bellows side and rebounds to restore.

The foot muscle strength recovery training apparatus according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention can be used in the same manner as in the fourth embodiment as long as the on-off valves 20a and 20b are closed. By opening, one elastic bellows 11a is elastic, and in the state where the other elastic bellows 11b is compressed, one elastic bellows 11a is resisted against the elastic force of one elastic bellows 11a with one leg. When one leg is pushed and the leg is extended, the elastic bellows 11a is gradually compressed while exhausting air from one on-off valve 20a. Then, when the other leg is bent gradually, the other elastic bellows 11b gradually rebounds while being sucked in air from the other opening / closing valve 20b.

Furthermore, in Example 5, it is also possible to extend and bend both feet simultaneously. In addition, since the other effect | action and effect in Example 5 are the same as Example 4, description is abbreviate | omitted.

It is a top view which cuts and shows a part of training device for leg strength recovery of Example 1 of the present invention. It is a side view which shows the use condition. It is a top view which notches and shows a part of training apparatus for leg | foot muscle strength recovery of Example 2 of this invention. It is a top view which notches and shows a part of training apparatus for leg | foot muscle strength recovery of Example 3 of this invention. It is a top view which notches and shows a part of training apparatus for leg | foot muscle strength recovery of Example 4 of this invention. It is a top view which notches and shows a part of training apparatus for leg | foot muscle strength recovery of Example 5 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1a and 1b Elastic bellows 2 Substrate 3 Communication pipes 4a and 4b Hanging means 7a and 7b On-off valves 8a and 8b Vents 11a and 11b Elastic bellows 12 Substrate 13 Communication pipes 14a and 14b Hanging means 15 Air supply / exhaust means 20a 20b On-off valve

Claims (5)

Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate with a gap, and each elastic bellows is communicated via a communication pipe, and a leg latching means is provided on the upper surface of each elastic bellows. A training device for recovery of leg strength characterized by that. Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate at intervals, and each elastic bellows is communicated via a communication pipe, and an opening / closing valve is provided at a lower portion of each elastic bellows, A training apparatus for restoring leg strength, characterized in that it is formed by providing a foot latch means on the upper surface of each elastic bellows. Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate with a gap, a vent is opened at a lower portion of each elastic bellows, and a leg latching means is provided on the upper surface of each elastic bellows. A training apparatus for restoring leg strength, characterized by being formed. Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate at intervals, and each elastic bellows communicates with each other via a communication pipe, and the communication pipe alternately and forcibly supplies air to each elastic bellows. Further, a training apparatus for recovering leg strength, comprising an air supply / exhaust means for exhausting, and a leg latching means provided on the upper surface of each elastic bellows. Two elastic bellows are fixed to the substrate at intervals, and each elastic bellows communicates with each other via a communication pipe, and the communication pipe alternately and forcibly supplies air to each elastic bellows. And an air supply / exhaust means for exhausting, an opening / closing valve is provided in a lower portion of each elastic bellows, and a leg latching means is provided on the upper surface of each elastic bellows. Training device for restoring leg muscle strength.

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