Parallel Bars Instrument For Walking Exercise

Abstract

A parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise or a gait training is provided for the purpose of enhancing a rehabilitation will of disabled or handicapped persons due to various kinds of diseases or accidents. The parallel bars instrument includes: a bottom portion; rotating plates which are respectively installed into rotating plate insertion portions and rotated; support stands each including a number of height control latches; vertical rods each including a number of height control holes; handle rods; and horizontal rods. The supplementary rotational parallel bars instruments rotate and stop together with rotations of the respective rotating plates. Accordingly, the handicapped person can easily turn back. As a result, the handicapped person can repeatedly perform a reciprocating gait training alone without the help of an assistant, and prevent the safety accident in advance.

1 . A parallel bars instrument for a walking exercise comprising:
 rotating plate insertion portions which are respectively formed on both sides of a bottom portion of the parallel bars instrument in which each rotating plate insertion portion is formed of a circular groove;   rotating plates which are respectively installed into the rotating plate insertion portions and rotated;   motor insertion portions which are positioned in the respective lower-inner portions of the rotating plate insertion portions wherein respective electric motors are installed in the motor insertion portions, to then support the respective rotating plates from downward;   support stands which are respectively fixed on both upper portions of the respective rotating plates and the bottom portion, and rotated together with rotation of the respective rotating plates;   vertical rods connected to the upper portions of the support stands, respectively;   handle rods combined on the upper portions of the vertical rods connected to the upper portions of the support stands formed on the respective rotating plates; and   horizontal rods combined on the upper portions of the vertical rods connected to the upper portions of the respective support stands formed on the bottom portion.   
   
   
       2 . The parallel bars instrument according to  claim 1 , wherein each rotating plate rotates by 180 degrees and then stop.