JP2011167289A - Rehabilitation aid - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rehabilitation aid which enables people who have dysfunction or decreased function of the hands and the fingers because of diseases or accidents to undergo rehabilitation anytime and anywhere he/she wants and hasten the functional recovery, also enables sport players or the like to train finger force, hand gripping power or the forearm region and the upper arm region anytime and anywhere. <P>SOLUTION: The rehabilitation aid is formed with a five-finger glove with bag sections in which five fingers of a hand are inserted respectively, a glove stationary part comprising a fixing piece which is integrally prepared in the inlet of the hand of the glove and fixes the glove to the inward side of the wrist part and a fixing folding piece which is prepared for being fixed to the fixing piece, 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 fingertips, and three rubber cords which have each one end fixed to a rubber cord fixing piece and each of the other ends attached to a ring of an S-shaped pipe fixed to the finger tips of the index finger, the middle finger and the third finger of the glove. <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 thrombosis and cerebral infarction. The present invention provides an aid suitable for accelerating the functional recovery of these people's fingers and hands, or for strengthening the finger strength and grip strength of the athletes and the like, and forearm and upper arm strength. To do.

  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. 2009-283831 as a function recovery aid for the above purpose.

Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-283831

  The present invention further improves the previous proposal and solves the shortage of tension caused by the deterioration of the rubber strap caused by the use of the glove, so that not only the disabled person who is the user but also the disabled person can replace the spare rubber strap. It was made easy to do.

According to the present invention, five of the fixing pieces for fixing the glove to the wrist portion, which are integrally provided in the hand insertion port of the five-finger glove having a bag portion into which usually five fingers are inserted, are attached to the wrist inner portion. The middle three fingers of the fingers, that is, the ends of the rubber cords connected to the index finger, the middle finger, and the ring finger are bundled and fixed with a fixing piece, and an S tube is attached to each tip of the three fingers. The loop portions provided at the tips of the three rubber cords are respectively inserted and attached to the portions.

  With this structure, if the tension of the rubber cord deteriorates due to repeated use of gloves, one ring of the S tube with the loop portion at the tip of the spare rubber cord attached to the tip of the three fingers, respectively The rubber cord can be replaced by opening the part and inserting it, and even a user who is handicapped can easily replace the rubber cord. Of course, the rubber strap can be easily replaced by anyone, not just the glove user.

  In addition to the rubber cords connected to the middle three fingers, the gloves as the function recovery aid were also connected with a ring between the tips of the five fingers with a single rubber cord. When the hand is opened or closed in the state, when opening and closing between the five fingers at the same time, a force against the tension of the stretched rubber cord is required. By expanding the fingers against each other (spreading hands) and increasing muscle strength, finger strength, grip strength, forearm and upper arm are also trained to speed up finger and hand function recovery, as well as finger strength, grip strength, forearm and The strength of the upper arm can be strengthened.

  The assisting tool of the present invention can easily replace the rubber string whose tension has deteriorated as it is used, and can always maintain the function as a function-recovering assisting tool. Therefore, even if there is no occupational therapist in the medical field, functionally disabled persons and athletes can perform rehabilitation and training themselves, speed up functional recovery, and important finger strength, grip strength for athletes, etc. It is an assisting tool suitable for strengthening muscle strength of the forearm and upper arm, and is useful for reducing labor costs related to occupational therapists in the medical field.

It is the figure which put the auxiliary tool of this invention on the left hand and opened the hand and the finger. It is the figure which tied the hand by putting the auxiliary tool of this invention in the left hand.

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 opened while a five-finger glove is put 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 fixing piece 3 to the inner side of the wrist part provided integrally with the wrist part of the hand insertion port of the glove. The fixing piece 2-1 is a fixing folding piece 2-2 for securely fixing the rubber strap fixing piece 3 to the inside of the wrist portion. One end of three rubber strings 4 is bundled and fixed to the rubber string fixing piece 3. Note that the fixing piece 2-1 and the fixing folding piece 2-2 are provided on one side facing the rubber cord fixing piece 3 with a hook, as known from the Kuraray Co., Ltd. registered trademark Velcro for locking. The male surface and female surface which consist of a part and a loop part 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 fingers 4a, 4b, 4c of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger, one end of which is fixed to the rubber strap fixing piece 3, is the tip of the glove with the index finger, the tip of the glove with the same middle finger, Open the other ring part of the S tube with one ring part attached to each of the loop-like string rings 5a, 5b, 5c sewn on the tip of the glove containing the ring finger, and insert the loop part of the rubber string tip here. Lock up.

  6 is a rubber cord that connects the tip of three gloves each containing the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger, and the tip of the five fingers including the tip of the glove containing the thumb and the tip of the little finger in a ring shape. is there. Reference numeral 7 denotes S tubes attached to the tips of the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger, respectively. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a hand is grasped from a state in which the hand of FIG. 1 is opened. Note that it is convenient for safety and hygiene to form the S tube from a metal with a small size, such as stainless steel, chrome-plated steel, or polypropylene resin.

  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. Repeating this with more force applied to the finger strengthens the finger or grip strength, and the forearm and upper arm muscle strength. Repeating this action leads to faster functional recovery.

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

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Five-finger glove 2-1 Wrist fixing piece 2-2 Folding piece for fixation 3 Rubber string fixing piece 4a, 4b, 4c Rubber string 5a, 5b, 5 String ring 6 Rubber string that connects all the five finger tips of the glove annularly 7 S tube

Claims (1)

  A five-finger glove with a bag for inserting the five fingers of each hand, a fixed piece for fixing the glove to the inside of the wrist part, integrated with the hand insertion port of the glove, and a single piece with the fixed piece A glove fixing part that prevents the wrist part from moving to the fingertips by superimposing and fixing the fixing folding pieces provided in place, and one end of three rubber strings for the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger One ring part of the S tube in which the loop piece provided at each other end of the rubber cord is attached to the tip of each index finger, middle finger, and ring finger glove. Functional recovery aids that are locked in.

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