Device for Rehabilitation of the Limbs and of the Trunk

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for rehabilitation and exercise of the limbs, the joints and the trunk.

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         29 . A device for exercising the limbs and the trunk comprising a hollow container hinged to a central support by means of a connection joint the height containing a movable mass of liquid or solid type, said container being of which is greater than the height of the centre of gravity of the assembly formed by said hollow container and by said movable mass. 
     
     
         30 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 29 , wherein said central support is provided with a base to rest on the floor. 
     
     
         31 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  30 , wherein said hollow container is shaped so that it is substantially flat on one side and semi-toroidal on the other with a central depression housing the seat for said joint for connection to said central support. 
     
     
         32 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 31 , wherein said central support has a plate which forms the stop for said hollow container during the oscillations thereof. 
     
     
         33 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 32 , wherein said plate is disc-shaped. 
     
     
         34 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 33 , wherein said plate is free to rotate about said central support. 
     
     
         35 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 34 , wherein said plate is provided with a gasket at the level of the area of contact with said hollow container. 
     
     
         36 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 35 , wherein said gasket has an uneven thickness to allow variable inclination of the seat according to the side on which inclination takes place. 
     
     
         37 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 36 , wherein said plate is provided with a mechanism to adjust the height thereof along said central support. 
     
     
         38 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 37 , wherein said hollow container is provided with a mechanism to adjust the height thereof with respect to said base to rest on the floor. 
     
     
         39 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 38 , wherein said hollow container is provided with one or more inner walls suitable to orient the movement of said movable mass in one or more preferred directions. 
     
     
         40 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 39 , wherein said hollow container is provided with fixed masses, applied to the inner or outer walls thereof, suitable to favour movement in certain directions with respect to others which are instead inhibited. 
     
     
         41 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 40 , wherein said fixed masses are composed of metal edges, bands, studs, etc. 
     
     
         42 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 41 , wherein said joint for connection with said central support is a ball joint. 
     
     
         43 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 42 , wherein said joint for connection to said central support is a joint of the type that allows free rotation only in desired directions. 
     
     
         44 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 43 , wherein it comprises a support provided with backrest and armrests. 
     
     
         45 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 44 , wherein the upper side of said hollow container is covered by non-slip material. 
     
     
         46 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 45 , wherein said hollow container is provided, on the upper side thereof, with a handgrip. 
     
     
         47 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 46 , wherein the seat for said joint for connection to said central support is above the supporting surface of said container, thereby increasing the difference between the height of the center of gravity of the container and the height of the fulcrum of oscillation of the device. 
     
     
         48 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 47 , wherein said plate, which forms the stop for said hollow container during oscillations thereof, is provided with suitable contact sensors, applied to said plate or to the gasket thereof. 
     
     
         49 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 48 , wherein said contact sensors are connected to an electronic data acquisition board. 
     
     
         50 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 49 , wherein said contact sensors are piezoelectric sensors. 
     
     
         51 . The device for exercising the limbs and the trunk as claimed in  claim 49 , wherein said contact sensors are microswitch sensors.