Abstract: The present disclosure can provide a leg brace capable of reducing a pain in a knee while both enhancing its convenience and reducing the burden on an ankle. the leg brace including: a first pushing part that pushes a leg of the wearer outward so that an ankle bone is positioned above a heel bone; a second pushing part that pushes the leg of the wearer inward so that the ankle bone is positioned above the heel bone; a restraint part that restrains a positional relation between the first and the second pushing parts in which they face each other across the leg of the wearer; and a placement part on which a foot of the wearer is placed, the placement part being connected to the first pushing part or the second pushing part.

Abstract: A rowing exercise device includes: a pair of pedals; and a device body that guides the pair of pedals in such a way that the pair of pedals repeatedly move along a predetermined trajectory. A user performs a lower limb exercise by putting his/her feet on the pair of respective pedals. Each pedal is configured in such a way that a relative roll turn of a forefoot part relative to the device body is prevented while a relative roll turn of a rearfoot part relative to the forefoot part is allowed, whereby a relative roll turn of the forefoot part relative to the rearfoot part occurs during the lower limb exercise.

Abstract: An exercise system includes a rowing exercise device and a chair. The rowing exercise device achieves a lower limb exercise which includes repetitive extension and flexion of at least a knee joint and a hip joint. The chair is the one on which a user who performs the lower limb exercise using the lower limb exercise device sits. The chair includes a seat on which the user sits and a support mechanism capable of supporting the seat in such a manner that the seat can carry out a roll oscillation. The seat carries out a roll oscillation during the lower limb exercise, which causes a motion linkage between a lower limb and a trunk.

Abstract: A lower limb exercise device that enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise effectively is achieved. A lower limb exercise device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair. The lower limb exercise device includes exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise, and a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a reference arrangement range of the caster during the lower limb exercise.

Abstract: A knee brace includes a thigh fixing part, a shank fixing part, an outer leg joint that couples the thigh fixing part with the shank fixing part, and an inner leg joint that couples the thigh fixing part with the shank fixing part. When the wearer P flexes his/her knee joint, a lower arm is rotated with respect to an upper arm along with a rotation fulcrum shaft sliding in a long groove and a cam shaft sliding in a cam groove. When the outer leg joint and the inner leg joint are extended, the lower arm of the outer leg joint is configured to be moved relatively forward with respect to the lower arm of the inner leg joint.

Abstract: A leg brace configured to be attached to a leg of a user, includes a rear thigh link extending along a thigh of the user, and a lower-leg link rotatably connected to the rear thigh link and extending along a lower leg of the user. A handle is provided in the thigh link, the handle being configured to project forward when the user is in the sitting position. The rear thigh link and the lower-leg link are connected to each other near the knee joint of the user. Specifically, the rear thigh link and the lower-leg link are connected to each other at a rear connection part disposed near the knee joint. Further, the rear thigh link and the handle are also connected to each other near the knee joint.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus includes a pedal main part on which a user U in a sitting posture places his/her foot, a pedal support part configured to support the pedal main part so that the pedal main part is movable within a predetermined range along a foot-length direction, and a guiding mechanism configured to guide the pedal support part so that the pedal support part moves along a predetermined rotational trajectory in a cyclic manner. According to the above-described configuration, it is possible to prevent each of joints such as a hip joint, a knee joint, and an ankle joint from moving outside the range of movement of the joint. The exercise apparatus may also include a rubber tube that resists the movement of the pedal main part relative to the pedal support part.

Abstract: A foot-pedaling exercise apparatus by which a user can perform an effective foot-pedaling exercise is provided. A foot-pedaling exercise apparatus includes a crank, a main-body part configured to rotatably hold the crank, a link rotatably connected to the crank, the link including a pedal on which a sitting user puts his/her foot, a moving member disposed in the link, and a tilt table including an inclined surface on which the moving member slides.

Abstract: To provide a posture correction system, a posture correction method, and a program each adapted to correct a posture of a user. A posture correction system includes directing means for directing a line of sight of a user to a position higher than a position of a gazing region which the user gazes at, thereby prompting the user to stretch his/her cervical and thoracic vertebrae.

Abstract: A disorder detection system includes: a pair of left and right footrests configured so that left and right feet of a user are respectively placed thereon to perform an exercise of legs therewith; a pair of left and right slide mechanisms for enabling the footrests to slide in a front/rear direction with respect to a sitting part, the slide mechanisms including a resistance part for applying a resistance to the sliding; a moving mechanism for enabling the left and right slide mechanisms and the footrests to move independently of each other; an angle detection unit for detecting angles of joints of left and right lower legs of the user around a roll axis, a yaw axis, and a pitch axis; and a display unit for displaying the detected angles of the joints of the left and right lower legs of the user around the roll, yaw, and pitch axes.

Abstract: A left leg unit includes a vertical piece; a horizontal piece; a vertical guide groove; a horizontal guide groove; an outer coupling bar to which the vertical piece and the horizontal piece are rotatably coupled, thereby coupling the vertical piece and the horizontal piece to each other; and a pedal that is rotatably coupled to the outer coupling bar. The vertical guide groove and the horizontal guide groove are extended in such a way that they intersect with each other. A rotation axis of the pedal is disposed away from a rotation axis of the vertical piece and a rotation axis of the horizontal piece and is disposed away from a midpoint of a line that connects the rotation axis of the vertical piece and the rotation axis of the horizontal piece, whereby the rotation axis of the pedal moves along an elliptical trajectory.

Abstract: Supination and pronation of an ankle joint during a lower limb exercise is achieved. A foot-pedaling exercise equipment as a lower limb exercise equipment is a lower limb exercise equipment that enables a lower limb exercise to be performed using a pair of pedal units. Each of pedal units includes: a step part on which a corresponding foot part can be put; a base part; and a joint part that is provided between the step part and the base part and couples the step part to the base part in such a way that the step part can do a pitch turn, a roll turn, and a yaw turn with respect to the base part.

Abstract: To provide a technique for helping a user to start a foot-pedaling exercise when he/she performs the foot-pedaling exercise. A foot-pedaling exercise system includes: a pedal unit including a pair of pedals; an equipment main body configured to rotatably support the pedal unit; a servomotor serving as a rotary actuator configured to rotate the pedal unit; an infrared sensor as an exercise monitoring sensor configured to detect the performance or the non-performance of a foot-pedaling exercise performed using the pedal unit; and a controller. The controller controls, when it has been determined that the foot-pedaling exercise is not being performed based on the result of the detection in the infrared sensor, the servomotor to cause the servomotor to rotate the pedal unit.

Abstract: To predict a direction in which a person will turn more accurately. A turning direction prediction system includes a processor having a leg state detection unit configured to detect whether each of left and right legs of a person is in a swing state or a stance state, a chest rotation detection unit configured to detect information about a rotation of a chest of the person around a pitch axis, a yaw axis, and a roll axis, and a direction prediction unit configured to predict a direction in which the person will turn based on the states of the left and right legs detected by the leg state detection unit and the information about the rotation of the chest detected by the chest rotation detection unit.

Abstract: A pedaling exercise machine according to the present embodiment includes: a pair of right and left pedal portions on which feet of a user are placed; a rotation mechanism that rotates the pedal portions when the feet of the user step on the pedal portions; a seating portion that is disposed on a rear end side of the rotation mechanism separately from the rotation mechanism and on which the user is seated; a fixing member disposed on a front end side of the rotation mechanism; and a belt member that is detachably connected to the seating portion and provided to extend from the fixing member to the seating portion.

Abstract: A muscle activity output system includes: a muscle activity database configured to hold movable part attitude information and muscle activity information in such a manner that the movable part attitude information and the muscle activity information are linked to each other; and a processor. The movable part attitude information indicates an attitude of a movable part of training equipment. The muscle activity information indicates a muscle activity of each of muscle sites of the exerciser. The processor is configured to acquire the movable part attitude information while the exerciser is moving the body along the trajectory, acquire current muscle activity information for each of the muscle sites based on current movable part attitude information of the training equipment and the muscle activity database, and output the current muscle activity information for each of the muscle sites.

Abstract: A processing system includes a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire user data including information on an activity of daily living a user is able to perform; calculate a recommended setting of training equipment that places a load on a muscle of the user, based on the user data; and output the recommended setting.

Abstract: A processing system includes a processor. The processor is configured to: acquire user data including physical information of a user; acquire muscle site data on a muscle site desired to be built and an amount of load to be placed on the muscle site; calculate a recommended setting of training equipment that places the load to a muscle of the user, based on the user data and the muscle site data; and output the recommended setting.

Abstract: A usage condition proposal system includes a storage medium that stores a reference DB having a plurality of pieces of causal relationship information that includes training information and variation range information, the training information including physical information for a user and usage condition information for a training machine, variation range information indicating a variation range of a joint angle of at least one joint of the user when the user trains using the training machine based on the usage condition information. A processor is configured to extract, with reference to the reference DB, based on the physical information and the specified variation range information, the causal relationship information of which the variation range information indicates the variation range satisfying a predetermined relationship with the specified variation range.

Abstract: The knee joint weight-bearing apparatus includes a buttock attaching part, a lower-leg attaching part, and two thigh connection units. Each thigh connection unit includes a front thigh link and a rear thigh link. The buttock attaching part, the lower-leg attaching part, the front thigh link, and the rear thigh link constitute a four-bar linkage. The buttock attaching part is configured so that when a user applies his/her weight to the buttock attaching part, a tensile force is generated in the front thigh link and a compressive force acts on the rear thigh link. The rear thigh link includes a gas spring that is configured to be stretchable in a longitudinal direction thereof and generates a resistive force against the compressive force.