JP2006280486A - Trunk expansion muscular strength enhancement apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry out trunk expansion muscular strength enhancement training without a heavy burden even when a trainee has the round back or having difficulty in taking a face-down position such as an elderly. <P>SOLUTION: This trunk expansion muscular strength enhancement apparatus is provided with: a seat member 4 for the trainee to take seat; a support table 5 for supporting the seat member in a forward/backward movable way; and a loading means for loading to at least forward movement of the seat member. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a trunk extension muscle strength enhancing apparatus that is suitable for use by a trainee such as an elderly person when performing training for enhancing trunk extension muscle strength.

Conventionally, for example, a product name “Home Multi-Gym: Megalos” sold by Rakuten Ichiba described in Non-Patent Document 1 is publicly known as an apparatus for enhancing trunk extension muscle strength.
Posted on March 2, 2005 on the homepage of URL http://www.rakuten.co.jp/megalos/155492/289072/167210/

  However, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), the trunk extension muscle strength strengthening apparatus generally has a trainer T sitting on a bench 2 provided with a back frame 1 so as to be swingable with a lower end portion as a fulcrum. Training is performed because the trainer who presses his back against the pad 3 of the back frame 1 or lifts his back by a prone position (prone posture) on a bench or the like increases his / her strength. The problem is that the burden on the trainer is large when the person is a person with a round back, such as an elderly person, or a person who has difficulty in prone position, and the trainee will bend and stretch the upper body with the lumbar spine as a fulcrum There was a problem that it was difficult to promote the extension of the spine.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a trunk stretch muscle strength enhancing device that advantageously solves the above problems, and the trunk stretch muscle strength enhancing device of the present invention includes a seat member on which a trainee sits, It comprises a support that supports the seat member so as to be movable back and forth, and load means for applying a load to at least forward movement of the seat member.

  In such a trunk extension muscle strength increasing device, a trainee sits on a seat member supported by a support base so as to be movable back and forth, and the trainee presses the head and back against an appropriate wall surface with the buttocks. When the seat member is pushed forward or returned backward, the load means applies a load to at least the forward movement of the seat member, thereby enhancing the trunk extension muscle strength of the trainee.

  Therefore, according to the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of the present invention, even if the trainee is a person with a round back such as an elderly person or a person who is difficult to take the prone position, the trunk extension muscle strength can be reduced without a heavy burden on the back. Strengthening training can be performed.

  In the trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device of the present invention, it is preferable that the support base supports the seat member so as to be movable back and forth along a path curved upward and convex. In this way, as the seat member is advanced, the angle of the seat surface changes so that the spine that the trainee bends extends, so that it is possible to perform training for enhancing trunk extension muscle strength in a more natural posture.

  Further, in the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of the present invention, provided with a pressing member that is provided on the support base and can press any part from the head to the shoulder on the back side of the trainee. preferable. In this way, when pushing the seat member forward, any part from the trainer's back to the shoulder hits the pressing member, so the lumbar part becomes free and the elderly with lumbar compression fracture Can prevent the lumbar vertebra from bending and stretching with the lumbar fulcrum as a fulcrum, and can also promote the extension of the spine of the elderly.

  Furthermore, in the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of the present invention, it is preferable that an upper body support member provided on the support base and supporting the upper body of the trainee is provided. In this way, since the upper body of the trainee is supported by the upper body support member, the burden on the trainee can be reduced, and the back portion of the trainee, such as the pressing member, can be attached to the upper body support member. Since the pad which can be pressed can be provided, this apparatus can be used even in a place without a wall surface or the like.

  Furthermore, in the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device according to the present invention, the load means includes a guide portion provided on the support base so that the position thereof becomes lower toward the rear, and the seat portion extends along the guide portion. It is preferable to move back and forth. In this way, the seat member can be moved back and forth along the guide portion while being always urged backward by the weight of the trainee, so that the load means can be configured simply.

  Furthermore, in the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of the present invention, it is preferable that the load means includes an elastic member that is deformed by a forward movement of the seat member. If it does in this way, the load added to at least advance movement of a seat member can be easily adjusted according to a trainee easily by changing the size of the elastic force by deformation of an elastic member.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an embodiment of the trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device of the present invention, and FIGS. 2A and 2B are support of the trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device of the embodiment. FIG. 3A is an explanatory view schematically showing a use state of the trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device of the embodiment, and FIG. 3B is a lumbar portion. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view schematically showing a use state in the case where there is a hitting pad, and as shown in FIG. 1, the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment includes a cushion 4 as a seat member on which a trainee sits; The support 4 is provided to support the cushion 4 so as to be movable back and forth.

  On the surface of the cushion 4, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), there is a convex portion 4a that hits the crotch portion of the trainee so that the trainee does not slip off the cushion 4 when the trainee pushes the cushion 4 forward with the buttocks. Further, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), a plurality of rollers 4 b that allow the cushion 4 to smoothly move back and forth are pivotally supported on the back surface of the cushion 4.

  Further, the support base 5 is lowered toward the rear (left side in FIG. 2) and curved upwardly to curve in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 2) in order to support the cushion 4 so as to be movable back and forth. It has a plate-like support member 5a that extends, and a back plate 5b is provided at the rear end of the support member 5a. The support member 5a extends in the front-rear direction along its upper surface. A guide groove 5c is provided as a guide portion that fits with the roller 4b and guides the back-and-forth movement of the cushion 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), the trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device of this embodiment further applies a load to the forward movement of the cushion 4, such as a rubber band or a coil spring. A plurality of elastic members 6 are provided, and the elastic members 6 are cushioned from the rear end portion of the cushion 4 by fixing one end portion to the back plate 5b in order to secure a length that can be expanded and contracted in the movement range of the cushion 4. 4, and the other end is fixed to the front end of the cushion 4.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment further includes a back frame 1 provided on a support base 5, and the back frame 1 includes a head on the back side of the trainee. The pad 3 as a pressing member that can be pressed against any part from the shoulder to the shoulder, and the side arm 7 as the upper body supporting member that supports the upper body by entering the armpit of the trainee can be adjusted. Is provided.

  In the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3A, a trainer T sits on a cushion 4 supported by a support base 5 so as to be movable back and forth, and the trainer T If the cushion 4 is pushed forward or moved backward by the buttocks while pressing the back head and shoulders against the pad 3 and supporting the state by holding the arm 7 under the armpit, the cushion 4 moves forward. When the elastic member 6 stretches and deforms at this time, a load is applied to the cushion 4 and the trunk extension muscle strength of the trainee T is increased.

  Therefore, according to the trunk extension muscle strengthening device of this embodiment, even if the trainer T is a person with a round back, such as an elderly person, or a person who is difficult to take the prone position, the trunk extension without a heavy burden on the back. Strength training can be performed.

  In addition, according to the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment, the support base 5 supports the cushion 4 so as to be movable back and forth along the guide groove 5c that is curved upward and convex to the support member 5a. As the cushion 4 moves forward, the angle of the seating surface of the cushion 4 changes so that the spine that the trainer T bends extends, so that the trunk extension muscle strength training can be performed in a more natural position.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, when a pad 8 with which the lumbar part of the trainee T abuts is provided on the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device, an elderly person who has a lumbar compression fracture can perform lumbar flexion and extension with the lumbar vertebra as a fulcrum. However, according to the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment, the pad 3 can be pressed against any part from the head to the shoulder on the back side of the trainer T. Is provided on the support base 5, so that when the cushion 4 is pushed forward, any part from the back to the shoulder of the trainee T hits the pad 3, so that the lumbar part becomes free. As described above, it is possible to prevent the elderly with lumbar compression fracture from trying to flex and extend the lumbar spine with the lumbar vertebra as a fulcrum, and also to promote the extension of the elderly's spine.

  Furthermore, according to the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment, since the back frame 1 provided with the side arm 7 provided on the support base 5 and supporting the upper body of the trainee T is provided, FIG. As shown in (a), since the upper body of the trainee T is supported by the side arm 7, the burden on the trainer T can be reduced, and the back frame 1 includes the head on the back side of the trainer T. Since the pad 3 for pressing any part from the shoulder to the shoulder is provided, this device can be used even in a place where there is no wall surface or the like.

  Furthermore, according to the trunk stretch muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment, the support member 5a has the guide groove 5c whose position is lowered toward the rear, and the guide groove 5c is formed on the lower surface of the cushion 4. The cushion 4 is retracted by the weight of the trainee T because the weight of the trainee T is converted into a force toward the backward direction as an auxiliary load means while being fitted with the roller 4b to guide the back and forth movement of the cushion 4. Since it can be moved back and forth along the guide groove 5c while always energizing in the direction, the load means can be configured simply.

  Furthermore, according to the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of this embodiment, since the plurality of elastic members 6 that are stretched and deformed by the forward movement of the cushion 4 are provided as the main load means, for example, the number of the elastic members 6 The load applied to the forward movement of the cushion 4 can be easily adjusted appropriately according to the trainee T by changing the magnitude of the elastic force due to the deformation of the elastic member 6 by increasing or decreasing.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a support base of another embodiment of the trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device of the present invention. In this embodiment, the support member 5a of the support base 5 in the previous embodiment is directed upward. Instead of a convexly curved one, as shown in FIG. 4, a flat plate-like one that becomes lower in the rear direction (left side in FIG. 4) and extends in the front-rear direction (left-right direction in FIG. 2). Other than that, the configuration is the same as in the previous embodiment.

  Also according to this embodiment, the same action and effect as in the previous embodiment can be obtained except for the action and effect due to the upwardly curved shape of the support member 5a.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory view schematically showing the configuration of still another embodiment of the trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device of the present invention. In this embodiment, instead of the elastic member 6 in the previous embodiment, A wire 9 is wound around a pulley provided at the upper and lower portions of the frame 1, and one end portion of the wire 9 extending forward from the lower pulley is fixed to the cushion 4 and at the other end portion of the wire 9 extending downward from the upper pulley. The weight 10 is suspended to constitute the load means, and the rest is configured in the same manner as in the previous embodiment.

  Also according to this embodiment, the same action and effect as in the previous embodiment can be obtained except for the action and effect due to the load means including the elastic member 6. In particular, according to this embodiment, the position of the cushion 4 is affected. Therefore, a constant load can be applied to the cushion 4.

  As mentioned above, although demonstrated based on the example of illustration, this invention is not limited to the above-mentioned example, It can change suitably within the description range of a claim, for example, trunk trunk muscle strength enhancement of this invention The apparatus may be configured by only the cushion 4 and the support base 5 that supports the cushion 4 so as to be movable back and forth, omitting the back frame 1 having the pad 3 and the side frame 7, and is elastically deformed as a load means. Instead of the elastic member 6, an elastic member that twists or bends as the cushion 4 moves back and forth may be used.

  Thus, according to the trunk extension muscle strength increasing device of the present invention, even if the trainee is a person with a round back such as an elderly person or a person who is difficult to take the prone position, the trunk extension muscle strength training is performed without a heavy burden. be able to.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of one Example of the trunk extension muscle strength increasing apparatus of this invention. (A) And (b) is the perspective view and sectional drawing which show the structure of the support stand vicinity of the trunk extension muscle strength increasing apparatus of the said Example. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows typically the use condition of the trunk extension muscle strength increasing apparatus of the said Example, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows typically a use condition when there exists a pad which a lumbar part hits, (C) is explanatory drawing which shows typically the use condition of the conventional apparatus which provides the bench provided with the backrest so that rocking was possible about a lower end part as a fulcrum. It is explanatory drawing which shows the support stand of other one Example of the trunk extension muscular strength augmentation apparatus of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the structure of another one Example of the trunk extension muscle strength increasing apparatus of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Back frame 2 Bench 3, 8 Pad 4 Cushion 4a Protruding part 4b Roller 5 Support stand 5a Support member 5b Back plate 5c Guide groove 6 Elastic member 7 Side arm 9 Wire 10 Weight T Trainer

Claims (6)

A seat member on which the trainee sits;
A support base for supporting the seat member so as to be movable back and forth;
Loading means for applying a load to at least the forward movement of the seat member;
A trunk extension muscle strength strengthening device. The support base supports the seat member so as to be movable back and forth along a path curved convexly upward.
The trunk extension muscle strength increasing device according to claim 1.   The trunk extension muscle strength strengthening device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a pressing member provided on the support base and capable of pressing any portion from the head to the shoulder on the back side of the trainee.   The trunk extension muscle strength increasing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an upper body support member that is provided on the support base and supports an upper body of a trainee. The load means includes a guide portion provided on the support base so that the position becomes lower toward the rear,
The seat member moves back and forth along the guide portion;
The trunk extension muscle strength increasing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The trunk extension muscle strength enhancing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the load means includes an elastic member that is deformed by a forward movement of the seat member.

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