JP2016185191A - Rehabilitation glove - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rehabilitation glove which allows a patient to have a sense of safety by feeling a warmth of someone, which cannot be obtained with the existing rehabilitation glove, through overlapped hands of the patient and an operator, and the operator to easily and directly feel the recovery degree of the patient.SOLUTION: Gloves for an operator to support rehabilitation exercises of a patient allow hands of both the persons to be superposed while being overlapped and fixed. A tension belt to wound around an outer circumference of a palm part of the glove may be arranged.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a glove used for rehabilitation.

As a result of national census 1970 (Showa 45) 7.1% aging society, 1995 (Heisei 7) 14.5% became an aged society, and as a result of population transition 2007 (Heisei 19) 21.5% and exceeding A quarter of the population in 2013 announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications became an aging society. In 2020, the aging rate is estimated to be 29.1%, and in 2035 (Heisei 47) it is estimated that one in three of the population will be elderly. Along with this, the decrease in physical function due to cerebral infarction, accident, and aging increases, and there will be a variety of rehabilitation methods that will endeavor to restore function or maintain the remaining function.
Patent Document 1 discloses a hand rehabilitation device that restores the functions of a wrist joint and a finger joint contracted due to an injury such as a disease or a fracture, and is a flexible and modular rehabilitation device. In this case, it is a device that performs rehabilitation by mechanically bending a finger to a patient who is paralyzed or contracted / stretched. Therefore, it is an easy-to-wear and lightweight rehabilitation device that can be applied to patients even if it is not specially engaged in a special field. However, since it is a mechanical device, it requires a corresponding place and can be used easily. There is also the problem that the price is high and it is generally difficult to purchase.

  There is another problem that pacemaker users cannot use such rehabilitation devices. Using a rehabilitation device, you can see how much the functional recovery has improved, but you can't feel it. Furthermore, because it is a function that only forcibly bends the fingers of contracted patients, the patient's recovery level cannot be judged directly by the patient itself, and in order to improve contracture There was also a problem in that it was impossible to share with the patient himself how much the patient's finger bending training should be done.

  In recent years, ropots have been sold in which fingers of rehabilitation patients are bent and stretched with an air pump. This robot certainly seems to be able to perform rehabilitation by bending the patient's finger. However, this robot finger bending and stretching apparatus has a problem that it cannot be judged until the practitioner directly feels the degree of recovery, such as how much the patient can bend and stretch and how much the bending force can be exerted.

JP 2013-529937 A

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a rehabilitation glove that can determine a recovery effect by performing rehabilitation from an early stage on a patient who is in the process of progressing who has finger contracture or paralysis due to a disease.

The present invention
(1) Rehabilitation gloves for performing finger flexion and extension training,
The outer surface of each finger insertion portion is provided with a fixing means for fixing a finger for bending and stretching the finger inserted into the insertion portion or a finger bending and stretching by the finger inserted into the insertion portion. Rehabilitation gloves.
(2) The rehabilitation glove according to (1), wherein the fixing means is an arcuate member sewn on a corresponding finger insertion portion.
(3) The rehabilitation glove according to (2), wherein the arc-shaped member has an adjusting means for adjusting a hole diameter.
(4) The back of the hand with the finger inserted into the finger insertion part and the palm with the finger fixed by the fixing means, the palm with the finger inserted into the finger insertion part and the back of the hand with the finger fixed by the fixing means, Or it has a belt for overlapping and fixing the wrist of the hand in which the finger was inserted in the insertion part of the finger, and the wrist of the hand in which the finger was fixed by the fixing means (1) The rehabilitation glove according to any one of to (3).
It is.

  In the glove of the present invention, a practitioner inserts a hand into the glove, sews an arc-shaped cotton fabric into the finger part of the glove, inserts the patient's finger, and performs function recovery training. At the same time, the patient can feel how to bend the patient's fingers with the fingers of the practitioner by bending the fingers at his own will, and the rehabilitation with the patient can be felt directly by the practitioner. Share and judge the situation.

The gloves of the present invention are good for adult hands. It may also be the size of a child's hand.
With regard to the insertion of fingers, the operator's fingers can be inserted into the glove side, and the patient's fingers can be inserted into the side of the gloves where the arc-shaped cotton fabric is sewn and fixed. The material of the glove is most preferably a knit that has elasticity such as a woven fabric or a knitted fabric made of cotton, recycled fiber, synthetic fiber, nonwoven fabric or the like. Furthermore, you may give a general anti-slip process to the surface. The arcuate member fixed to the finger part of the glove may be cotton, recycled fiber, synthetic fiber, non-woven fabric, leather, synthetic leather or the like. Cotton fasteners may be used.
In order to perform stable rehabilitation by bringing the patient's fingers into close contact with the practitioner's fingers during rehabilitation, a non-stretchable cotton material is preferable.

Moreover, the method of adhering to a glove | cylindrical shape and finger socks may be used.
The finger sock shape is, for example, a shape in which a finger part of a glove is cut out in FIG.
Finger socks refers to a state in which the fingertip portion of a glove is cut off.
In the glove of the present invention, by fixing the rehabilitation person's palm and the back of the hand with a tension belt or the like, both hands can be further intimately contacted to directly feel the function recovery process. This also makes it easier for patients to become rehabilitation plans.
Secure to the wrist joint with a tension belt. The wrist of the practitioner and the rehabilitation person is stabilized by wearing a belt during joint contracture training.
The tension belt described above is preferably natural rubber, but may be belt-like or string-like. It is also possible to adjust and fix using a fixing fastener. It is sufficient if it can be fixed without tension.

  It is preferable that the rehabilitation glove is divided into five fingers in an arc shape, a cylindrical shape, or a finger socks shape, but this is not a limitation. It may be changed according to the patient's own situation. Although it is preferable to fix the practitioner and the patient's palm and the back of the hand and to fix the wrist, this may not be necessary.

  It is a glove that supports patient functional recovery training, and it can be easily attached and detached even if it is not a profession. It is possible to provide rehabilitation gloves that feel warm and mentally safe by overlapping hands. In addition, patients, practitioners, families, etc. can empathize with the recovery process. It can give great encouragement to both. Therefore, the most important thing is to provide rehabilitation guidance that allows you to find time both during and after hospitalization. By using rehabilitation gloves, it is possible to continue exercising outside of specialized rehabilitation time. Thereby, there exists an effect which a social return is accelerated.

Front view of sewing 5-finger rehabilitation gloves Front view of sewing with 5-finger rehabilitation gloves, fingertip cylindrical shape, palm and wrist belt Rear view of 5-finger rehabilitation gloves This glove rehabilitation diagram Figure of glove rehabilitation of the present invention (with palm and wrist belt) Finger socks shape drawing

  The present invention will be described with practical examples.

  The glove of the present invention is shown in FIG. Sewing an arc-shaped cotton fabric with a length of 4 cm and an arch height of 3 cm on the thumb part on one side of a cotton work glove, and further sew a cotton base fabric with a length of 4 cm and an arch height of 3 cm on each finger. Gloves were used. The patient's finger is inserted into the finger shown in 1, and the practitioner's finger is inserted into 2. Thereby, both hands will overlap. At this time, when the practitioner's finger is folded, the patient's finger is also folded. By repeating this, the rehabilitation treatment of the patient can be performed by bending and bending the finger of the rehabilitation patient. Furthermore, by causing the patient to bend his / her finger by his / her own intention, the operator's finger can feel the bending force of the patient, and the patient's degree of recovery can be measured. As a result, the practitioner can directly sense the degree of functional recovery of the patient, share the degree of recovery, easily make a rehabilitation plan, and achieve rapid recovery.

  2 and 3 show a glove corresponding to claim 5 of the present invention. 1 is provided with a finger insertion portion distal end fixing portion made of a hook-and-loop fastener having a width of 2 cm at the tip of each finger of the glove in FIG. The finger insertion part tip fixed part was also fixed by sewing. By providing the finger insertion portion distal end fixing portion, the fingertip is fixed during the finger bending rehabilitation treatment, and the patient's finger can be bent more reliably. Furthermore, a tension belt to be worn on the wrist may be provided, and this tension belt also improves the effect of bending the patient's finger during rehabilitation treatment. At the same time, by using the fingertip fixing tool and the tension belt in combination, the wearing of the gloves is stabilized and a higher rehabilitation effect can be obtained.

  The glove of the present invention can be used during hospitalization or in hospitalization or at home from early rehabilitation at the bedside, such as those with cerebral infarction, accident or paralysis. It can also be used in hospitals where there are medical devices.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Glove of this invention 2 Practitioner's finger insertion part 3 Patient's finger insertion part fixing | fixed part 3 'Patient's finger insertion part tip fixing | fixed part 4 Sewing fixing part 5 Palm tension belt 6 Hand surface fastener male 7 Hand surface fastener female 8 Palm tension belt fixing part 9 Wrist tension belt 10 Wrist hook male 11 Wrist hook female 12 Wrist tension belt fixing part

Claims (5)

Rehabilitation gloves for performing finger flexion and stretching training,
The outer surface of each finger insertion portion is provided with a fixing means for fixing a finger for bending and stretching the finger inserted into the insertion portion or a finger bending and stretching by the finger inserted into the insertion portion. Rehabilitation gloves. The rehabilitation glove according to claim 1, wherein the fixing means is an arcuate portion sewn on a corresponding finger insertion portion. The rehabilitation according to claim 2, wherein the fixing means sews the arcuate portion sewn on the second finger to fifth finger insertion portion from the fingertip to the palm to the third joint of the finger. gloves.
The rehabilitation glove according to claim 2, wherein the arcuate portion sewn on the first finger insertion portion is sewn between the second joint from the fingertip toward the palm. The rehabilitation glove according to claim 2, wherein the arc-shaped portion has adjusting means for adjusting a hole diameter. The back of the hand with the finger inserted into the finger insertion part and the palm with the finger fixed by the fixing means, the palm with the finger inserted into the finger insertion part and the back of the hand with the finger fixed by the fixing means, or 4. The belt according to claim 1, further comprising a belt for overlapping and fixing the wrist of the hand with the finger inserted into the finger insertion portion and the wrist of the hand with the finger fixed by the fixing means. Rehabilitation gloves according to any one of the above.

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