Method and device for gravity like simulation of natural balance movements
US8727785B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61H2203/0456
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
We present a tool that can enhance the concept of BWS training by allowing natural APAs to occur mediolaterally. While in a supine position in a 90 degree tilted environment built around a modified hospital bed, subjects wear a backpack frame that is freely moving on air-hearings, as a puck on an air hockey table, and attached through a cable to a pneumatic cylinder that provides a load that can be set to emulate various G-like loads. Veridical visual input is provided through two 3-D automultiscopic displays that allow glasses free 3-D vision representing a virtual surrounding environment that may be acquired from sites chosen by the patient. Two groups of 12 healthy subjects were exposed to either strength training alone or a combination of strength and balance training in such a tilted environment over a period of four weeks.
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