Abstract: A device for carrying out motional training by continuously flexing and extending a joint of the body comprises a mounting piece for mounting the device in the vicinity of a joint, a drive unit arranged on the mounting piece including a reversable rotation motor having a motor output shaft, a manual switching clutch connected to the motor output shaft, a power transmission connected to the motor output shaft and a transmission output rotating shaft, a swinging arm having a base portion mounted on the mounting piece, and a free end portion of the device including another mounting piece for mounting the free end side of the device to a portion of the shaft body in front of a joint. The swinging arm is coupled to the transmission output rotating shaft and subjected to a reciprocating swing motion during regular and reverse rotation of the transmission output rotating shaft. A movable range setting copying mechanism sets the first swing end and the second swing end of the swing arm.

Abstract: An exercise belt with compartments for individual exercise bar weights, which is sometimes used with some empty compartments to reduce the exercising effort, the use of elastomeric construction material for each compartment holding by its urgency the bar weights in place, rather than the use of a closure flap over all of the openings of all of the compartments even those that are empty, and being empty are not effective in providing an interengaged loop and hook connection for the closure flap.

Abstract: An exercise device comprising a first grip and a second grip, both the first grip and second grip having a longitudinal grip and a transverse grip, the longitudinal grip having a longitudinal diameter and the transverse grip having a transverse diameter greater than the longitudinal diameter, the second grip being torsionally connected to the first grip such that the longitudinal grips are adjacent and such that the torque required to rotate the first grip relative to the second grip can be adjusted via a threaded arrangement.

Abstract: A wrist exerciser comprises a lower shell and an upper shell. The lower shell is semispherical and provided therein with a support ring and a rotary member. The upper shell is hollow and semispherical and provided in the top thereof with a round opening. The lower shell is provided with two lower protruded plate members extending therefrom symmetrically and having a first through hole. The upper shell is provided with two upper protruded plate members corresponding to the lower protruded plate members and having a second through hole opposite to the first through hole. The second through hole is provided in the periphery thereof with a plurality of second columnar bodies, each having a hole. The upper protruded plate members and the lower protruded plate members are fastened together by a plurality of screws which are fastened into the holes of the second columnar bodies via the through holes of the first columnar bodies.

Abstract: An isometric wrist exercise device which is useful for strengthening the wrist and for treating or alleviating symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome device includes a wrist brace which adjustably encircles a user's wrist. The brace is attached to a swivel plate via a plurality of straps which extend forward from the wrist brace. The swivel plate is attached to an elongate strap with a wedge plate on its opposite end. The wedge plate can secure the elongate strap in a stationary position such that the user can place his wrist in therapeutic traction by pulling his arm against the stationary strap while selectively swiveling his wrist to find the optimum position.

Abstract: A spring is disposed longitudinally within a tubular body. Two t-shaped handles each comprise a central leg and two opposed arms extending outwardly from the central leg. The central legs of the handles are rotatably connected to opposing ends of the body such that the opposed arms are perpendicular to the body. A retaining pin is connected to each end of the spring. Each retaining pin is disposed within one of the handles and extends between and within the two opposed arms. The handles urge against the retaining pin within the handle to twist the spring about a longitudinal axis of the spring when the handles are manually rotated.

Abstract: An orthosis is operable to vary the extent of supination or pronation of a hand connected with an arm of a patient. The orthosis includes a lower cuff which grips distal end portions of the ulna and radius in a lower portion of the arm of the patient. An upper cuff grips an upper portion of the arm of the patient. A drive assembly is operable to rotate the lower cuff and the distal end portions of the ulna and radius about an axis which extends through the wrist and elbow of the arm of the patient while the upper portion of the arm of the patient is held against movement by the upper cuff. The drive assembly includes a main gear which is connected with the lower cuff and a base of the orthosis. The lower cuff extends through a central opening in the main gear and is rotatable with the main gear about the axis which extends through the wrist and elbow of the patient. A second drive assembly may be provided to move sections of the base relative to each other to bend the elbow of the patient.

Abstract: A multi-functional health device comprises a frame support, a pedal assembly connected by wires with a pair of hand pullers, a hand wheel, a crank member, a torsion member and a pair of positioning plates operably disposed on respective positions of the support, which provide whole bodied exercise to a crippled or abled person for their subsidiary medical treatment. A pair of extensions extend parallel from the front side of the lower frame in cooperation with a plurality of belts and enables a wheelchair to be stably fastened therebetween for facilitating a ready access of a crippled person to the device.

Abstract: A wrist exerciser includes a spherical hollow casing having a top opening and a bottom opening. A ring is received within the casing and substantially coincident with a great circle of the casing and concentric with and rotatable about a first axis of the casing. A rotor is received within the ring and rotatably supported on the ring, having a central bore coaxial with and rotatable about a second axis of the casing that is substantially normal to the first axis. The rotor has a circumferential groove formed on the outer surface thereof with light emitting diodes (LEDs) equally spaced therein. A magnet is also disposed in the groove. The central bore of the rotor is partitioned into chambers which cause sound during the rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: A therapeutic wrist rotator provides for the passive rotation of the wrist of a user of the device for rehabilitation of the wrist after injury or disease. The device includes a case which is adapted to be immovably affixed to a stationary object in order to resist the forces applied during use. The case includes an electric motor driving a reduction drive to provide relatively slow rotational speed and relatively high torque to an output shaft. The output shaft includes a handgrip extending therefrom. On/off and rotational direction switches are provided to control the operation of the device, which may be powered by conventional alternating current or by one or more batteries. A protractor dial surrounding the output shaft provides an indication of the rotation achieved during use of the device, and a pair of indicators provides an indication of the maximum rotational movement in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions.

Abstract: A wrist exerciser has a pair of coaxially mounted hand grip bodies. The hand grip bodies can be counter-rotated against a resistance to exercise the muscles in a user's forearms. A friction disk is sandwiched between the two hand grip bodies with a friction surface on one of the bodies bearing against the friction disk. The two hand grip bodies are biased toward each other to clamp the friction disk. The amount of bias force can be varied to set the amount of resistance to the rotation of the hand grip bodies relative to each other. The exerciser includes a spring connected to a member which is slidably mounted in a bore within one of the hand grip bodies. The member is prevented from rotating in the bore. The position of the member can be adjusted by turning an adjustment knob which is threadedly engaged with a threaded rod extending from the member. The bearing is located at one end of the spring. A thrust bearing between the adjustment knob and the hand grip body makes the adjustment knob easy to turn.

Abstract: An exercise device includes forced pronation or supination movement of the hand and arms in conjunction with the standard range of motion for a specified exercise. The device comprises a conventional frame and a centrally mounted seat. Pivotally attached to the frame is a sub-frame including a pair of levers that pivot in tandem about a horizontal first axis of rotation A1 and movably attached to the distal end of each lever is a double "L" shaped handle that includes a grip that pivots about a second axis of rotation A2. A2 is is substantially perpendicular to A1 and the distal end of the second leg of the double "L" shaped handle is movably attached with a ball and socket connection to a first end of a linkage rod. The second end of the linkage rod is movably attached with a second ball and socket connector to the frame so that, as the levers pivot about axis A1, each handle is forced to pivot about its axis A2 in a predetermined relationship with the position of the levers.

Abstract: A hand held device for exercise and amusement has a clear plastic circular tube with a central handle. One or more balls are inserted into the circular tube. One holds the central handle and causes the ball(s) to move around the tube. Balls of different weight can be inserted in the tube. The device can be illuminated. The illumination may take the form of lights which are turned ON or OFF by the motion of the ball(s).

Abstract: An exerciser includes one handle having an inner thread formed in one end and includes another handle having a bolt extended from one end for engaging with the inner thread of the one handle and for allowing the two handles to be rotated relative to the other. A spring is engaged on the bolt and biased between the handles for applying a biasing force against the handles and for resisting the rotation between the handles. A cap or one or more weights may be attached to the other end of each of the handles for exercising the arms of the user.

Abstract: A wrist therapy device comprises a handle, a maze mounted to one end of the handle, an object for following the maze, and a weight mounted to the handle between the handle and the maze. The user grasps the handle and moves the wrist to manipulate the maze so as to move the object along the maze. The maze may be a bent wire and the object a ring encircling the wire. Alternatively, the maze may be a bent tube filled with a viscous fluid and the object a ball within the tube.

Abstract: A supination-pronation orthosis for the elbow joint of a patient which includes a hand and wrist cuff secured to the hand and wrist of the patient and an upper arm cuff secured to the upper arm of a patient to extend from adjacent to the elbow joint outwardly along the upper arm. A flexible torsion unit is mounted to extend between the upper arm cuff and the hand and wrist cuff along the forearm of the patient. This torsion unit provides a bias to selectively oppose rotation of the forearm of the patient about the elbow joint.

Abstract: The invention is a prefabricated, dynamic, interactive wrist splint/brace. The brace is simple, low profile, easily adjusted and is able to provide adjustable fixed splinting positions, active inputs, reactive force, and adjustable damping functions in all deviations. The brace will help insulate, protect and absorb vibrations and shocks the wrist joint may be subject to. The brace is simple to install, adjust, and remove by the user utilizing only their free hand. The brace is dynamic and without serious modifications can go from an adjustable static rigid splint; to a splint with limited ranges of motion; to an active or reactive rehabilitation aid; to a brace which allows universal pivoting of the wrist that does not restrict any movements yet provides safeguards to the joint to prevent re-injury.

Abstract: An improved upper body shaping exercise device which comprises a pair of handles, in which each handle can be grasped by one hand of a person. A structure extends between the handles, for highly resisting when the handles are twisted in opposite directions by the hands of the person, so that the hands, arms and shoulders of the person will be exercised.

Abstract: An exercise device comprising a housing with walls, a lever rod with a spring attached to one end, a movable fulcrum and a second end for attaching a device to couple the second end with the hand or arm of the user. Movement of the hand or arm will be transmitted through the movable fulcrum to the spring to provide resistance against which to exercise.

Abstract: A portable, compact exerciser comprising a semi-rigid torsion member with a pair of gripping surfaces at each end. The end faces of the gripping surfaces are designed to receive detachable handles orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the torsion member. The torsion member comprising thin walled sections running along the longitudinal axis to offer resistance to any rotational force applied about the longitudinal axis of the torsion member. In one mode of operation, the user can primarily exercise the wrists by rotating the torsion member by rotating the gripping surfaces in a direction relative to each other. In another mode of operation, by moving the detachable handles attached to the gripping surfaces back and forth relative to each other in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the torsion member, the user can exercise forearms and other muscle groups.

Abstract: It's a movable bowling wrist device that is secured to the back of the hand and forearm by means of straps and it consists of four main structural parts made of stainless steel. The hand portion with all its finger extensions and forearm portion are connected together by a wing type structure with an attachment of an adjustable stopping mechanism on top. The hand portion with all its finger extensions is indefinitely moving vertically perpendicular to the wing part from which it is connected can be indefinitely adjusted from left to right or vice versa on a horizontal plane on which it is attach to the forearm portion can be place in a locking position by a swiveling lock. The adjustable stopping mechanism stops the hand portion with all its finger extensions on a backward movement thus producing an angle perpendicular to the forearm portion.

Abstract: An appendage interface assembly, such as a hand grip assembly (2) or a foot pedal assembly (120), is used with an exercise machine to reduce skeletal misalignment problems while increasing the muscle working benefits of the exercise. The assembly includes an assembly support (4, 122) securable to the exercise machine. A hand grip (22) or foot pedal (128) is pivotally mounted to the assembly support for movement about three orthogonal axes (26, 28, 30; 134, 174, 176). The foot pedal is mounted using a universal or ball joint (130). With the hand grip assembly, a yoke (12) is pivotally mounted to the assembly support, a hand grip support (16) is pivotally mounted to the yoke, and a hand grip (22) is pivotally mounted to the hand grip support by first, second and third pivots (14,18,24) for movement about the three axes. The hand grip or foot pedal can pivot freely or with a drag force hindering the pivotal motion or, if great enough, locking the hand grip or foot pedal to a fixed orientation.

Abstract: An exercise device comprising a housing with walls, a lever rod with a spring attached to one end, a movable fulcrum and a second end for attaching a device to couple the second end with the hand or arm of the user. Movement of the hand or arm will be transmitted through the movable fulcrum to the spring to provide resistance against which to exercise.

Abstract: A structure for a multi-directional rotatable wrist exerciser comprising an arm covering body and a movable base. Said arm covering body and the movable base are pivotally connected together but movable by spiral springs which are made of harden materials. Since the harden spiral springs are free to turn in any direction, a user can therefore use the wrist exerciser to work out his wrist. The stretching of the springs generate a restoring force which the user tries to overcome through wrist exercising.

Abstract: A wrist exercizing device comprises a pair of generally coaxial handles for grasping in the hands and turning, and a reel mounted therebetween. The reel has a reel surface that is eccentric with respect to the axis of rotation of the handles. A cord is wrapped round the reel surface and supports a weight. Rotation of the handles to raise or lower the weight requires a periodically varying effort. Suitably the reel surface has an axis of rotational symmetry that is offset from the axis of rotation of the handles to provide the eccentricity. The degree of offset may be varied so as to vary the ratio of maximum to minimum effort required to raise the load.

Abstract: A finger training device that includes a grip portion that is rotatable with respect to a roller-supporting forked portion, wherein the forked portion can be bent with respect to the longitudinal direction of the grip portion and wherein a slidable finger frame is incorporated in the grip portion in an extendable and retractable manner. As a result of this construction, the grip portion is movable at various angles within a predetermined range relative to the rollers. Because of the presence of the finger frame, the device will not slip off the hand of a user when the gripping fingers are moved or the relative position of the palm of the hand with respect to the moving fingers is changed. The finger frame prevents the device from separating from the hand even if the grip portion comes off the palm of the hand.

Abstract: A lightweight exercise device comprising a pole of nearly uniform diameter throughout its length. At each end of the pole are knob handles to be manually gripped by the operator. One knob handle is fixed and the opposite end knob handle is rotatable continuously in either direction. The rotating handle can engage a friction assembly within the handle to resist motion while pulling or pushing on the handle. Between the handles and along the pole can be one or two sliding or twisting friction sleeve handles or no sleeve handles depending on the length of the pole and configuration of the exercise device desired by the operator. The sliding or twisting friction sleeve handle resistance can be changed by the operator gripping the sleeve handle with increasing or decreasing pressure by the operator's hands. This exerciser is adapted to assist the user to perform stretching, isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic exercises and to combine them with various aerobic exercises.

Abstract: A basketball training device is described for improving the shooting skills of the user including an elongated member adapted to be strapped to the user's forearm and a hemispherical finger and hand engagement element configured as a portion of a basketball facing the elongate member so as to be engagable with the user's fingers and hand. A resistance member pivotally mounts the hemispherical engagement element to resist movement from an inclined position to allow the user to flex the hand, fingers and wrist against the resistance in a manner closely simulating the execution of a basketball shot. An elbow rest is adjustably mounted at the opposite end of the elongate member.

Abstract: A portable exercise device for the wrists, hands and arms having an elongate shaft of generally circular cross section, a pair of handles connected to the shaft, at least one of the handles having a substantially axial bore in which the shaft is inserted. Clamping means is provided for clamping said at least one of the handles to the shaft to permit relative circumferential movement about said shaft of said at least one of the handles, the movement being opposed by frictional force between the shaft and the bore of said at least one of the handles.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus for safely assisting a person to lift weights which incorporates concurrently functioning vertical and horizontal guidance mechanisms. The exercise apparatus is comprised of a frame including two rectangularly shaped parallel aligned structures having four horizontally extending support members, a lifting bar, a horizontal guidance mechanism, and a vertical guidance mechanism. The horizontal support members function also as the horizontal guidance bars. Each horizontal guidance bar has a bearing block slidably attached thereto via a linear bearing. Pairs of bearing blocks are connected to the ends of two vertically extending guidance bars which move horizontally via their attachment to the bearing blocks. Similarly, the vertical bars have bearing blocks with linear bearings attached thereto which are also connected to the ends of the lifting bar.

Abstract: A portable, articulated, hand-held exercising device comprising a pair of elongated tubular handles pivotally connected to the respective ends of an elongated tubular cross-bar for three-axis rotation and having an adjustable torque/force characteristics. The cross-bar may be telescopically adjustable. Each handle may simulate the grip of a handled sports appliance such as a tennis racquet, golf club, and the like. The exerciser serves in general to condition the wrist, arms, chest, torso, back, legs and shoulders of the user. The handles are rotatable about their respective longitudinal axes, and they are hinged to the cross-bar at the respective longitudinal axis, and they are hinged to the cross-bar at the respective ends thereof. Each handle, when held by the user, may be turned back and forth pivotally above the corresponding end of the cross-bar with adjustable force adjustment characteristics, and each handle may be rotated about as longitudinal axis with adjustable torque adjustment characteristics.