JP2011125383A - Rehabilitation aid - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rehabilitation aid which enables people who have dysfunction or lessening function of the hands or the fingers because of disease or accidents to have rehabilitation anytime and anywhere and quicken the functional recovery, also enables sport players or the like to train finger force, hand gripping power or the arms anytime and anywhere. <P>SOLUTION: The rehabilitation aid is formed with a five-finger glove 1 with bag sections in which five fingers of the hand are inserted respectively, a fixing piece which is integrally prepared in the outlet of the hand of the glove and fixes the glove to the inward side of the wrist part, a glove fixing part for being fixed to the fixing piece, which is made with a fixing folding piece 2-2 which is continuously extended from the outer side of the wrist and overlapped and fixed to make an engagement so that the wrist part may not move to the fingertip, three rubber strings whose one ends are respectively fixed to the fixing piece located in the wrist part and the other ends to each ends of the index finger, the middle finger and the fourth finger and a rubber string which annularly connects between the ends of the five-finger glove 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

      The present invention is an auxiliary tool effective in recovering the function of fingers, hands, arms, etc., whose function of an injured person has deteriorated due to cerebral thrombus, cerebral infarction, etc. The present invention relates to an auxiliary device that can compensate for the shortage and reduce rehabilitation costs, or, in sports players such as baseball, finger strength, grip strength, forearm portion and upper arm portion, and strengthen muscle strength.

      There are many people with functional disabilities, such as those with handicap caused by brain disorders such as cerebral thrombus and cerebral infarction. The present invention provides an assisting tool suitable for accelerating the recovery of the function of fingers and hands of these persons, or for enhancing the finger strength and grip strength of the athletes and the forearm. is there.

      However, this kind of finger or hand function recovery aid has not been found in commercial products. The present applicant has previously proposed the invention described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-278453 as the above-mentioned function recovery aid.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-278453

      The present invention further improves upon the previous proposal to expedite the recovery of finger strength or hand grip strength for persons with disabilities, and for athletes and the like functions suitable for finger strength, hand grip strength and forearm muscle strength enhancement. It provides assistance for recovery or strengthening.

      The present invention usually includes a five-finger glove having a bag portion into which five fingers are respectively inserted, and is provided integrally with a hand insertion port of the glove. One end of three rubber cords is fixed to the inner part of the wrist, and the other ends of the three rubber cords are fixed to the tip portions of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger, and one rubber is provided between the tips of the five fingers. It is connected in a ring with a string and works against the tension of the stretched rubber string by opening and closing hands with gloves on or when closing or opening between 5 fingers. By increasing the strength of the fingers to spread the fingers against the tension of the rubber cord (stretching the hands), the finger strength and grip strength can be strengthened to speed up the recovery of fingers and hand functions. It is possible to strengthen hand grip strength and arm muscle strength.

      The assistive device of the present invention can be used for rehabilitation and training by persons with disabilities and athletes, even if there are no occupational therapists at the medical site. It is an assisting device suitable for strengthening strength, hand grip strength and muscle strength of the forearm, and also helps to reduce labor costs related to occupational therapists in the medical field.

It is the figure which tied the hand by putting the auxiliary tool of this invention in the left hand. It is the figure which extended the finger | toe between five fingers by putting the auxiliary tool of this invention on the left hand, opened the finger | toe, and fixed the wrist fixing | fixed part.

    Hereinafter, an auxiliary tool according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which a hand is gripped while wearing a five-finger glove on an injured hand (here, the left hand). In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a five-finger glove, and reference numeral 2-1 denotes a fixing piece for fixing the glove to a wrist part integrally provided by sewing on the inner part of the hand insertion port of the glove.
A fixing fold piece 2-2 for securely fixing the glove to the wrist portion is folded back to the inside of the hand insertion port so as to overlap with the fixing piece 2-1 and is fixed to the fixing piece. Is provided to extend outward. Reference numeral 3 denotes a rubber cord fixing piece sewn to the fixing piece 2-1, and one end of each of the three rubber cords 4 is fixed thereto. In addition, the fixing piece 2-1 and the fixing folding piece 2-2 face each other on one side, which is composed of a collar part and a loop part as known from Kuraray Co., Ltd. registered trademark magic tape for locking. The male and female surfaces are sewn.
The fixing folding piece and the fixing piece may be stopped by a snap ring or a button stop, in addition to the locking of the collar portion and the loop portion. However, the easiest way to adjust the fixing position according to the thickness of the wrist of the user is with the above-mentioned Velcro.
The other end of each of the three rubber cords 4a, 4b, 4c, one end of which is fixed to the rubber strap fixing piece 3 portion, has a glove tip 5a containing an index finger, a glove tip 5b containing a middle finger, and a ring finger also entered. Each is fixed to the glove tip 5c.
6 is a rubber string that connects the tip of three fingers each containing the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger, and the tip of the five fingers of the tip 7a of the glove with the thumb and the tip of the glove 7b with the little finger in an annular shape. It is.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the hand is opened from the state of the grasped hand of FIG. 1, that is, all five fingers are stretched. At this time, the five fingertips are pulling the rubber string with a force that is superior to the elasticity of the one rubber string that connects the three rubber strings indicated by 4 and the five fingers indicated by 6 in an annular shape. In other words, the load of pulling the rubber string is applied to the five fingers, which strengthens and trains the force of opening the hands and fingers. By repeating this with more effort on the finger, the muscle strength of the finger, hand, or arm is strengthened, and this action leads to faster function recovery.

  Furthermore, it is preferable to prepare a pair of gloves corresponding to the age and physique of the user, with a pair of left and right for men, women, and children. In this way, both men and women can use it. At that time, since the finger strength and the grip strength vary among individuals, the length of the rubber and the strength of the pulling elasticity are set to be strong or weak depending on the individual. For example, there are 5 types of sizes, SS, S, M, L, and LL.

1 Five-finger gloves 2-1 Wrist fixing piece 2-2 Folding piece for fixing 3 Rubber string fixing piece 4 Rubber string 4a, 4b, 4c of index finger, middle finger, ring finger connecting wrist part and tips of three fingers of gloves Glove tip inside
5 A rubber string that connects all five finger tips of a glove in a ring shape

Claims (1)

5-finger gloves with bags to insert 5 fingers of each hand,
A fixing piece that is provided integrally with the hand insertion port of the glove and that fixes the glove to the inside of the wrist, and a fixing fold that is provided to fix the glove to the fixing piece and extends continuously from the outside of the wrist. A glove fixing part composed of a fixing folding piece to be locked so that the wrist part does not move to the fingertip by fixing the overlapping pieces,
While fixing one end to each of the fixed pieces located on the wrist part, and three rubber strings with each other end fixed to the tip of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger,
It is equipped with one rubber string that connects the tips of five-finger gloves in a ring shape,
A function recovery aid that opens or closes the hand against the tension of the rubber strap while wearing gloves, or closes or opens between 5 fingers.

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