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: The present invention is directed toward a device for circumduction of a limb having a base, a vertical support operably coupled to and extending away from the base, a rotary member operably connected to the vertical support, a limb support member operably connected to the rotary member, and a motor drivingly engaged with the rotary member. The vertical support may be a rigid plate member, bracket, or frame. The bracket and/or frame may include at least one vertical member and at least one horizontal member. The rotary member is operably connected to the vertical support such that rotary member is free to rotate. Limb support member receives and supports the limb to be treated and is operably coupled to rotary member at a radial distance from a center of rotation thereby resulting in a circular motion of a limb when the motor is operated.

Abstract: An exercise apparatus having a pulley, a pair of stabilizing assemblies each configured to couple a front portion of a respective pedal element to each side of the pulley, a looped belt configured to couple the pulley to a resistance assembly, a tension stabilizer configured to maintain a tension of the looped belt on the pulley, and the resistance assembly configured to assert an adjustable resistance to the pedal elements through the looped belt. The exercise apparatus also comprises a resistance band extension for performing additional exercise using resistance bands and a transport mechanism for transporting the exercise apparatus and securing the exercise apparatus to a chair wheel or other structure during exercise.

Abstract: A training apparatus includes a fixed frame, an training rod, a motor, a rotation information detection sensor, a tilt angle calculation unit, a feedback current detection unit, a position difference calculation unit, and a determination unit. The training rod tilts with at least one degree of freedom. The motor tilts the training rod. The rotation information detection sensor outputs an amount of rotation of the motor. The tilt angle calculation unit calculates a tilt angle. The feedback current detection unit detects a feedback current value. The position difference calculation unit calculates a position difference every time when a first time period elapses. The determination unit determines an error when the position difference generated during the first time period is a first threshold or higher, or when the feedback current value keeps a first current value or higher for a second time period or longer.

Abstract: A training apparatus includes a fixed frame, a training rod, a motor, rotation information detection sensor, tilt angle and position difference calculation units, determination, motor drive and position difference eliminating units. The training rod is supported by the fixed frame in a manner capable of being tilted by a motor about at least an X-axis or a Y-axis so as to hold the limb. The tilt angle calculation unit calculates a tilt angle of the training rod. The position difference calculation unit calculates a position difference. The determination unit obtains the position difference every time when a second time period elapses. If the position difference generated in the second time period is a first threshold or lower, the motor drive unit drives the motor so that the position difference is accumulated and maintained. The position difference eliminating unit resets the position difference at a predetermined timing.

Abstract: A motorized machine for passively applying a tapping force to the bottoms of a user's feet includes a motor, a pedal rocking mechanism, at least one pedal and at least one bumper configured so as to cooperate to, during operation of the motor, cause the bottom portion of the at least one pedal to tap against the at least one bumper so as to provide pulsatile acceleration to the bottom of the user's foot. The pulsatile acceleration has a force sufficient to increase pulsatile shear stress to the endothelium, of sufficient magnitude to cause the release of beneficial mediators.

Abstract: A system for allowing a user to exercise. The system includes a platform, where the platform is configured to support a user during an exercise routine. The system also includes vibration means, where the vibration means moves the platform up and down during the exercise routine.

Abstract: This application is related to an apparatus and method for improving venous blood flow in mobility-impaired patients. In one aspect, the apparatus is a motorized or powered rocking chair with a footplate. The rocking chair and footplate rotate through physiologically relevant ranges of motion either at the same frequency or at different frequencies in order to mechanically induce a calf muscle pump action in the dependent legs of a mobility-impaired patient. Artificially inducing the calf muscle pump action in such patients acts to boost the action of the heart and lessen blood pooling in the lower extremities of the legs.

Abstract: There is provided a massage apparatus capable of providing optimum massage effects even with variations in thickness of to-be-treated area such as a lower leg from user to user. The massage apparatus 1 includes a massage section 7 having a stationary massage member 15 and a movable massage member 16, a rotary shaft 9, 10 disposed so as to pass through the base end of the movable massage member 16, a driving section 11 for rotatably driving the rotary shaft 9, 10, a pair of right-hand and left-hand changer sections 12, 13 for changing a rotational force of the rotary shaft 9, 19 into an action of movement of the movable massage member 16 toward and away from the stationary massage member 15; and a breadth adjustment mechanism 14 capable of positioning movement of the stationary massage member 15 in directions toward and away from the movable massage member 16.

Abstract: This apparatus for mobilization of the body comprises a receiving platform which is movable in relation to a fixed chassis, and which is designed to support a subject who is to be treated in a standing position. The platform is connected to the chassis by a double pivot connection, and it is driven by an oscillating movement in relation to an axis passing substantially through its center, by means of actuators each connected by a pivot connection to a shaft connected to said platform, said actuators themselves being articulated on the chassis.

Abstract: A foot pain relief device can advantageously provide multiple angles of inclination, directed pressure against the plantar fascia, as well as ease of manufacturing and assembly. A toe strap, which is fastened around the ankle and the toe(s), ensures that the toes are flexed up. This toe flexing tenses the plantar fascia of the foot. A ball strap can be threaded through a hole in a ball and then operatively coupled with the toe strap. When operatively coupled to the toe strap, the ball strap keeps the ball positioned on the bottom of the foot while allowing ball mobility. The mobility of the ball can provide directed pressure on at least one component of the plantar fascia. Notably, the simultaneous combination of tension to the plantar fascia and directed pressure to the component(s) of the plantar fascia can be particularly effective at relieving foot pain.

Abstract: Comprises a base (1), a liftable platform (2), a driving means (3) of the referred platform (2) and a feeding means of the referred driving means, characterized in that the aforementioned base (1) and the liftable platform (2) are articulated between themselves, describing an angle of between 15° and 25° in a resting position and in a highest elevation position reach an angle of between 30° and 45° and in that also in an operative position, the heel (4) of the foot is articulated out of the apparatus, being the forefoot (5) and at least a part of the plantar sponge (6) positioned over the liftable platform (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising two table-like supporting plates, which serve as operating and functional units. The supporting plates each have a longitudinal and transversal extension, are arranged parallel to one another in a frame that can be immobilized in a fixed manner, and are each mounted so that they can spatially move with three-dimensional degrees of freedom that are independent of one another. In addition, a motor-operated drive is provided that can set the supporting plates in oscillatory motion at least in a one-dimensional direction and independent of one another.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for the prevention of venous thromboembolism are disclosed herein. The apparatus, in various aspects, includes a foot rocker having a foot support and one or more rockers engaged with the foot support. The one or more rockers are positionable between at least a storage position and a deployed position. Methods of use of the apparatus for prevention of venous thromboembolism are disclosed herein.

Abstract: A device for the stimulation of the locomotor apparatus muscles comprising a solid footboard (2), which is oscillated about a central axis (6) of oscillation having a transversal extension with respect to the footboard and dividing the latter into a first arm (A) and a second arm (B), characterized in that there is provided a drive mans operating at least one arm.

Abstract: An exercising apparatus includes a base, two supporting brackets, a driving assembly, a pedal assembly and a case. The supporting brackets are mounted on the base. The driving assembly includes a motor, an eccentric wheel and a lifting bracket. The motor has a motor shaft. The eccentric wheel is mounted eccentrically on the motor shaft. The lifting bracket has a wheel slot and two pivoting brackets. The wheel slot is defined through the lifting bracket and engages the eccentric wheel. The pivoting brackets are formed near two ends of the lifting bracket. The pedal assembly includes two pedals and two pedal pads. The pedals are mounted respectively and pivotally on the supporting brackets and the pivoting brackets of the lifting bracket. The pedal pads are mounted respectively on the pedals. The case is mounted on the base and has two openings corresponding to the pedal pads.

Abstract: A vibration training apparatus includes a base, a swinging link rod module and a driving mechanism. The swinging link rod module installed on the base has a driving mechanism for driving several swinging link rods for a link rod movement. An eccentric transmission shaft driven by a motor drives the swinging link rod module to produce a linear vibration during the swinging process, and matches with the rotation speed of the motor to drive a support stand to produce vertically up-and-down displacements with vibrations of different frequencies. An adjusting device can be installed between the swinging link rod module and the base for changing the swinging amplitude of the swinging link rod module, such that the driving mechanism can drive the swinging link rod module to linearly change the vibration amplitude and achieve a whole-body vibration effect to stimulate internal organs and improve muscle strengths and blood circulations.

Abstract: As one of exercising apparatuses, in particular an exercising apparatus giving exercising effect by contracting and relaxing user's muscles, an exercising apparatus which includes at least one motion unit including a moving unit installed at one end thereof with a hinge unit rotatably fixed; and an up-and-down reciprocating unit connected with the other end of the moving unit, the up-and-down reciprocating unit reciprocating upward and downward and making the moving unit rotate in an angular interval, and a driving unit connected with the up-and-down reciprocating unit of the motion unit, the driving unit driving the up-and-down reciprocating unit to reciprocate upward and downward is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: (a) a stationary base; (b) a drive assembly providing a drive member and means for reciprocating the drive member along a fixed linear path; (c) a femoral support extending between a first end connected to the base and a second end; (d) a tibial support extending between a first end connected to the second end of the femoral support and a second end; (e) a rigidly mounted, cantilevered femoral cradle slidably connected to the femoral support; (f) a rigidly mounted, cantilevered tibial cradle slidably connected to the tibial support; (g) a connecting member having an upper end connected to the tibial support second end and a lower end connected to the drive member; (h) a footrest structure mounted forwardly of the tibial cradle; and (i) the above elements arranged such that a person's leg is cyclically flexed and extended in response to reciprocation of said drive member.

Abstract: A vibration training apparatus includes a base, a swinging link rod module and a driving mechanism. The swinging link rod module installed on the base has a driving mechanism for driving several swinging link rods for a link rod movement. An eccentric transmission shaft driven by a motor drives the swinging link rod module to produce a linear vibration during the swinging process, and matches with the rotation speed of the motor to drive a support stand to produce vertically up-and-down displacements with vibrations of different frequencies. An adjusting device can be installed between the swinging link rod module and the base for changing the swinging amplitude of the swinging link rod module, such that the driving mechanism can drive the swinging link rod module to linearly change the vibration amplitude and achieve a whole-body vibration effect to stimulate internal organs and improve muscle strengths and blood circulations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dynamic footrest, more particularly to a type of footrest which enables the user to rest his or her feet on said footrest with the purpose of helping him or her adopt a better posture, whereby the dynamic footrest (1) comprises a pair of adjacent and independent platforms (2) and (3) that are rotationally mounted relative to a common transversal axis (4), in addition to means for transmitting a rotational movement to one of the platforms and means for transmitting rotational movement from one platform to the other.

Abstract: A heated vibrating foot massaging device for reducing tension in the feet of a user. The heated vibrating foot massaging device includes a base member having a plurality of wall members for pivotally supporting an elongate semi-circularly shaped massage unit. The massage unit incorporates both a vibrator assembly and a heater unit coupled to heating elements thereby providing both oscillatory and thermal comfort. A plurality of pressure points are positioned on the exterior surface for therapeudic action.

Abstract: A transmission device for a swing exercising device and includes two shafts respectively and eccentrically connected to two gears. One of the shafts pivotably connected to a support member and the other shaft is reciprocatingly retained in a slot of a frame in the support member.

Abstract: A leg exerciser includes a casing having a slot in a top thereof, a transmission mechanism mounted in the casing, a legrest, and at least one massage rod. The transmission mechanism includes a motor and a movable block extending through the slot of the casing. The movable block moves reciprocatingly along the slot of the casing when the motor is turned on. The legrest is fixed to the movable block to move therewith. The legrest has two recessed portions for supporting a user's legs. The massage rod is attached to the movable block to move therewith and includes at least one massage portion for providing a massaging function. At least one wheel is mounted to the massage rod and in rolling contact with the casing.

Abstract: An apparatus for bending and stretching a foot of a living person by pressing at least an arch of a sole of the foot and stopping the pressing of the arch.

Abstract: A portable intelligent stretching device for use by patients suffering from spastic and contractured joints and limbs. The intelligent stretching device has a motor and a motor shaft for rotating the joint or limb. The variable velocity and stretch distance of the device is determined by a torque sensor on the joint or limb that communicates information to a controller which subsequently instructs the motor as to the variable velocity and stretch distance.

Abstract: A swing machine includes a casing having a sliding member movably engaged with a rail and the sliding member is driven by a block eccentrically connected to an output shaft of a motor. A support member is connected to a top of the sliding member. A first protrusion extends from a side of the sliding member and a limitation member located in the casing has a wave-shaped slot in which the second protrusion is movably engaged.

Abstract: A walker on which the player has to stand with toes higher than the heels to enjoy a massage at least comprises a base frame having a retainer and a stop at the rear; a pedal over the base frame, having one end linked with the retainer of the base frame, and a free end. The top of the pedal is mounted with a massage pad; and a drive mechanism designed with a bias wheel and linked with the free end of the pedal to make continuous up and down movement.

Abstract: A foot massaging exercising apparatus includes a base, a pair of upright rocker bars, a pair of foot pedals, and massaging boards. The base has securing seats at a front end thereof and bearing frames at a rear end thereof. The rocker bars are pivotally mounted at the securing seats such that the user may swing them forwardly or rearwardly. The foot pedals are mounted at the bearing frames and are capable of free swinging movement. Two massaging boards, one inclining forwardly, the other inclining rearwardly, are pivotally mounted in the bearing frames below each foot pedal. One side of each foot pedal extends downwardly to form a flange. The flange is connected via a link to the lower portion of the corresponding rocker bar. When the user swings the rocker bars, due to the arrangement of the links, the foot pedals may be caused to swing forwardly and rearwardly therewith in turn.

Abstract: An apparatus for imparting a rocking motion to the legs and torso of a user includes a base, a leg rest removably mounted on the base to support the legs of the user, and a drive system positioned within the base for driving an upper portion of the base to impart a rocking motion to the user.

Abstract: A physical exercise device using a T-shaped bar, comprises: a vertical rod constituting the T-shaped bar and having a plurality of first height-adjusting holes; a hollow vertical rod telescopically fitted around the vertical rod and having a plurality of second height-adjusting holes; a horizontal rod horizontally secured to the hollow vertical rod and having a pair of footrests fixed thereto; a pair of vane-shaped cushioning plates attached to the pair of footrests, respectively, and each having a thinner front and a thicker rear; a base having a projection formed at one end thereof; and a seat secured onto the base and having a higher front and a lower rear.

Abstract: A rocking foot exerciser enables exercising of the legs by allowing the ankles to be tilted evenly in multiple directions without rotating the body. A rocking plate, which tilts accompanying rotation of a rotating disk 2; is installed on an inclined surface of the rotating disk 2; installing the horizontal surface of said rotating centering member consisting of the combination of a ring-shaped rails and grooved pulleys provided on an upper surface of a hollow stand case is disposed on a surface of the rotating disk. A motor M is mounted in the stand case and rotates the rotating disk. A central portion of the rocking plate is fixed to the upper portion of a universal joint provided upright on the stand case to prevent the rocking plate from rotating.

Abstract: The present invention provides continuous passive motion (CPM) devices for joints. An ankle CPM device includes a lower leg support attached at its lower end to a semi-circular track. An actuator slides along the track and can be locked in any desired position on the track. A shaft is pivotally connected at one end thereof to the actuator and a shoe is attached at the other end thereof. When the actuator is positioned at the bottom of the track the ankle joint of the patient undergoes inversion/eversion motion. When the motor housing is rotated 90.degree. and positioned near the top of the track plantar/dorsi flexion movement is obtained. A combination of both types of joint movement are obtained for the actuator in intermediate positions. A wrist CPM device includes a brace for the forearm attached to a semi-circular track on which an actuator is mounted. A hand grip is mounted on a semi-circular bracket and a shaft extends between the actuator and a coupling slidably mounted on the semi-circular bracket.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for mobilizing the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint in a toe, especially after prolonged immobilization. It includes a member having a first curved surface for facilitating the rolling of the member and a second surface for receiving the plantar portion of a human foot, including a portion of the ball of the foot and at least one toe. The apparatus further includes a retainer for securing a single toe to the member. In use, a patient places a foot on the second surface of the member with the ball of the foot and at least a to-be-treated toe contacting the second curved surface. Then, using the retainer, the single to-be-treated and mobilized toe is secured to the member. Thereafter, the patient may impose either plantarflexion or dorsiflexion motion to the single to-be-treated toe by rolling the member either forward or backward.

Abstract: A supporting mechanism for an ankle massager includes a base member, a supporting bracket, a cushion and a frame member. The supporting bracket has a W-shape seating contour for receiving the cushion. The frame member is enclosed to the cushion and the supporting bracket in such a manner that the cushion is sandwiched between the supporting bracket and the frame member. The base member further includes a supporting post which is mechanically engaged with a trigger shaft of the massager.

Abstract: A mechanism for exercising legs includes a housing, an eccentric wheel rotatably disposed in the housing, a follower engaged with the eccentric wheel and moved in a reciprocating way by the eccentric wheel, a board slidably supported in the housing and having a rack formed in the upper surface, a support rotatably supported on the housing and having a rack formed in the bottom for engaging with the rack of the board, the support is rotated when the eccentric wheel is rotated so as to massage and exercise the legs of the users.

Abstract: An apparatus for exercising the upper and/or the lower joint of an ankle has a frame which can be placed on the floor or can be mounted on or in a bed and supports an adjustable first support of the lower leg of a patient. The first support movably carries a second support for the foot, and the second support can be moved relative to the first support by two discrete prime movers defining pivot axes one of which can be caused to coincide with the axis of the upper joint and the other of which can be caused to coincide with the axis of the lower joint of the ankle between the lower leg on the first support and the foot on the second support. The operation of each prime mover can be programmed, one of these prime movers can be mounted directly on the first support, and the other prime mover can be mounted on a yoke which is carried by the first support.

Abstract: A method for using a device or activating the circulation of the lymphatic system in the legs of a user (100), is described. The device includes coil springs (26, 28) mounted on ends (16A, 16B) of cross shaft or arm (16) and supporting stirrups (30, 31) for the heel of the user in a sitting position. To activate the circulation of the lymphatic system, the heels of the user are first inserted into the supporting stirrups. Next, the user applies a downward force on the stirrups with the heels and finally, the user releases the downward force of the stirrups. The springs are constructed so that the legs of the user are moved in a vertically oscillating direction without significant exercise of the leg muscles and is particularly adapted for users who are unable to participate in normal activity due to age, illness or accident.