Training device

Abstract

A training device is proposed which has actuating elements which can be moved continuously in rotation and are connected to one another and are intended for a pair of limbs of a person, drive means for driving the actuating elements, and an electronics unit for regulating and/or controlling the movement of the actuating elements, with means being provided for visual, acoustic, touch-based or smell-based notification or display of a training parameter objective and of an actual value which can be compared with it, or of a training parameter target deviation in relation to an actual value, and the training parameter target being the speed of rotation, the torque or the actuating element position, or a variable derived therefrom. Moreover, a side-related and an angle-related training parameter objective with corresponding notification or display is proposed. In addition, part of the invention is a training device which, in isokinetic training, changes a desired speed of rotation as a function of cardiovascular variables or the driving torque applied to the actuating elements by the person doing the training.

1 . Training device which has actuating elements which can be moved continuously in rotation and are connected to one another and are intended for a pair of limbs of a person, drive means for driving the actuating elements, and an electronics unit for regulating and/or controlling the movement of the actuating elements, characterized in that means are provided for visual, acoustic, touch-based or smell-based notification or display of a training parameter objective and of an actual value which can be compared with it, or of a training parameter target deviation in relation to an actual value, the training parameter target being the speed of rotation, the torque, or the actuating element position, or a variable derived therefrom.  
     
     
         2 . Training device according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the electronics unit is designed to automatically change the training parameter objective as a function of predetermined criteria.  
     
     
         3 . Training device according to  claim 1  or  2 , characterized in that the change in the training parameter objective results in a change in a training parameter which is regulated or controlled by the electronics unit.  
     
     
         4 . Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electronics unit is designed to change a regulated or controlled training parameter as a function of predetermined criteria.  
     
     
         5 . Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electronics unit is designed to change an external stimulation parameter as a function of predetermined criteria.  
     
     
         6 . Training device according to the precharacterizing clause of  claim 1 , in particular according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electronics unit is designed for side-related pre-setting of a training parameter target, and in that means are provided for visual, acoustic, touch-based or smell-based notification or display of the side-related training parameter objective and of an actual value which can be compared with it, or of a training parameter target deviation in relation to an actual value.  
     
     
         7 . Training device according to the precharacterizing clause of  claim 1 , in particular according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electronics unit is designed for angle-related pre-setting of a training parameter target, and in that means are provided for visual, acoustic, touch-based or smell-based notification or display of the angle-related training parameter objective and of an actual value which can be compared with it, or of a training parameter target deviation in relation to an actual value.  
     
     
         8 . Training device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electronics unit is designed to evaluate the manner in which training parameter objectives are achieved.  
     
     
         9 . Training device according to the precharacterizing clause of  claim 1 , in particular according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electronics unit, in the context of isokinetic training, is designed to regulate the speed of rotation to a desired speed of rotation and to automatically change the desired speed of rotation as a function of cardiovascular variables of the person doing the training and/or the driving torque applied to the actuating elements by the person doing the training.  
     
     
         10 . Training device according to the precharacterizing clause of  claim 1 , in particular according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the drive means, by at least temporary driving of the actuating elements, assist a person doing the training to achieve a training parameter objective.