JP4630779B2 - Playground equipment for cooperative exercise - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention is useful for maintaining the health and physical fitness of elderly and disabled persons from the viewpoint of preventive medicine, relieving stress, rehabilitation for day users (care recipients) and patients with various diseases, physical education classes for elementary school and kindergarten children, etc. The present invention relates to a playground equipment for cooperative exercise that can be used widely.

  Elderly people, disabled people, and obese people are generally more likely to fall short of exercise, which is a major factor such as decreased physical strength and energy, decreased physical function, and decreased resistance to illness. It is not easy to acquire exercise habits and does not last long in patience. On the other hand, various attempts have been made for rehabilitation for Day users and patients with various diseases. However, even if there is a certain level of functional recovery effect, it is difficult to obtain the active cooperation of the target users. There were many.

  A drawback of conventional exercise programs and rehabilitation programs is that they place too much emphasis on motility and functional recovery, and lack consideration for psychological effects such as enjoyment and healing. On the other hand, conventional fun and healing programs are not effective in relieving lack of exercise and restoring physical function because there are no exercise elements.

  In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention allows a plurality of participants to exercise while having fun and naturally learns the ability to harmonize with other participants, such as elderly people, disabled people, obese people, etc. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a playground equipment for cooperative exercise that is effective in relieving lack of exercise and rehabilitation of day users and patients with various diseases.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a playground equipment for cooperative movement according to claim 1 of the present invention is a playground equipment body 1 comprising a donut-shaped sheet having a hole 2 in the center, if indicated by the reference numerals in the drawings. A plurality of holding members 3... Are formed on the outer peripheral portion at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction, and a plurality of participants M. The playground equipment body 1 is supported by the holding parts 3 and 3 with both hands H and H, and is configured to move in cooperation.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the coordinated play equipment according to the first aspect, the holding portion 3 is composed of a finger insertion hole 31 that passes through the front and back of the play equipment main body.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the playground equipment for cooperative movement according to the first aspect, the holding portion 3 includes a finger insertion hole 31 that penetrates the front and back of the playground equipment body 1, and an elastic string member 32 a in the vicinity of the finger insertion hole 31. It is comprised with the handing part 32 formed by sewing, and it is comprised so that a participant may hold | maintain the playground equipment main body 1 using the finger insertion hole 31 or the said handing part 32. FIG.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the coordinated play apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the closing means closes the central hole 2 with the sealing sheet 4 and surrounds the peripheral portion of the sealing sheet 4 with the central hole 2. It is supposed to be temporarily attached to the periphery.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the play apparatus for cooperative movement according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the holding portions 3 are formed at eight or more locations, and the arrangement pitch of the holding portions 3 is 20 to 40 cm. It is configured.

  According to the coordinated play equipment according to the invention of claim 1, a plurality of participants surround the play equipment main body, hold the peripheral portion of the play equipment main body with both hands, and cooperate to wave the play equipment main body in large and small. Or send the ball placed on the playground equipment into the open center hole so that it does not drop, or conversely drop it into the center hole, or collaborate with the ball placed on the playground equipment with the center hole closed You can play fun and entertaining with various patterns, such as jumping up and sending to the other party. And during these games, moderate exercises such as bending and raising and lowering of the upper limbs, swinging to the left and right, swinging and twisting of the neck and shoulders, stretching and bending of the body, bending and stretching of the knee, weight shift, left and right balance, etc. It will be done naturally, and it will be able to resolve the lack of exercise of elderly people, disabled people, obese people, etc. without difficulty, and follow the cooperative operation with other participants, movement of balls and waveforms accompanying these exercises The function recovery effect is excellent as a rehabilitation for day users and patients with various diseases, including the movement of the viewpoint by music and the rhythm of movement with music. Kindergarten children will acquire cooperation and agility.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the holding part of the play equipment main body includes the finger insertion hole, the participant can grasp and hold the edge of the play equipment main body using the finger insertion hole.

According to the invention of claim 3, since one of the finger insertion hole and the hand-through portion can be selected as the holding portion, for example, a patient who cannot use both hands due to hemiplegia, a patient with a deformed finger joint due to rheumatism, dementia Even elderly patients with weakened finger grip can participate in the game without any problems by using the hand-through part .

  According to invention of Claim 4, opening and closing of the center hole of a playground equipment main body can be easily performed by attachment or detachment of a sealing sheet.

  According to the invention of claim 5, since the holding parts are formed in the play equipment main body at eight or more places, and these holding parts are set to the arrangement pitch of the specific range, the play equipment main body is balanced with four or more participants. It can be handled, it is difficult to fall down during play, and participation in a wheelchair becomes easy.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a playground equipment for cooperative exercise according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, 1 is a playground equipment body made of a donut-shaped fabric having a circular center hole 2, and 4 is a circular sealing sheet for closing the center hole 2 of the playground equipment body 1.

  The play equipment main body 1 is formed with slit-shaped finger insertion holes 31 penetrating through the front and back (16 pieces in this figure) at regular intervals in the circumferential direction over the entire circumference of the outer periphery. Corresponding to the insertion hole 31, a hand-through part 32 is formed on the back side near the outer edge of the play equipment main body 1, and the finger insertion hole 31 and the hand-through part 32 constitute the holding part 3. A plurality (six in the figure) of crimping fastener pieces 5 are attached to the back surface side of the inner peripheral portion of the playground equipment body 1 at regular intervals in the circumferential direction.

  The sealing sheet 4 is made of the same fabric as the playground equipment body 1 and is formed to be slightly larger in diameter than the central hole 2 of the playground equipment body 1, and each crimp fastener piece 5 on the playground equipment body 1 side is formed on the surface side of the peripheral portion. Crimp fastener pieces 6 that form a joint pair are attached. Thus, when the central hole 2 of the play equipment body 1 is closed, the sealing sheet 4 is applied concentrically as shown by the phantom line in FIG. It is designed to be crimped.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the outer peripheral portion of the playground equipment body 1 is reinforced by the edge cloth 11, and the periphery of each finger insertion hole 31 is also reinforced by the edge cloth 12. As shown in FIG. 4, the hand-through portion 32 of each holding portion 3 is obtained by sewing both ends of an elastic string member 32 a such as a flat rubber to the play equipment body 1.

  Here, the arrangement pitch p (see FIG. 2) of the holding portions 3 is about 20 to 40 cm with reference to the finger insertion holes 31. In addition, the width w of each finger insertion hole 31 is set to about 8 to 12 cm so that an adult can insert with four fingers except the thumb of one hand aligned.

  In order to use the playground equipment having the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 4, the participants M are arranged so as to surround the playground equipment body 1, and the holding parts 3, 3 are respectively held by both hands H, H. By holding, the playground equipment main body 1 is maintained in a state of being expanded substantially horizontally. At this time, a person with gripping force may grasp the peripheral portion of the playground equipment 1 with four fingers inserted from above or below the finger insertion hole 31 of the holding portion 3 and the thumb, but both hands cannot be used due to hemiplegia or the like. Even in patients, patients with rheumatically deformed finger joints, patients with dementia, elderly people whose finger grip strength has declined, etc., by passing their hands without grip strength through the loop of the hand-through portion 32 as shown in FIG. The contraction force of the elastic string member 32a can be received by the wrist, and the peripheral portion of the play equipment body 1 can be sufficiently retained. In FIG. 4, two of the eight participants M... Are held by the hand-through portion 32, and a play ball 7 is placed on the playground equipment body 1.

  Typical examples of the play using the coordinated play equipment include waving, ball jumping, ball feeding, ball turning, ball dropping, catch ball, and the like, but various other games can be performed.

  In the wake-up, the playground equipment body 1 is used with the central hole 2 open, and swings up and down to form large and small waves, expresses ripples with fine vibrations, and further turns the large and small waves clockwise and counterclockwise. Participants M ... cooperate to express various movements.

  In the ball jumping up, the center hole 2 of the playground equipment body 1 is closed with the sealing sheet 4, a large number of small color balls are placed on the playground equipment body 1, and the color balls are flipped up and down to be completely removed. Compete for the speed to jump out, or place a single large and light ball, jump up high with the cooperation of all participants M ... and compete for the height.

  In the ball feed, one ball is placed with the central hole 2 of the playground equipment 1 closed, and the game is played in such a way that the ball moves sequentially toward the participant M ... or the person designated by the instructor. Each of the persons M... Raises the playground equipment main body 1 at the carrying part or pushes it down to devise the movement.

  In the ball rotation, one or several balls are placed with the central hole 2 of the playground equipment body 1 open, and the ball is rotated in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction while being devised not to drop it. .

  In the ball drop, participants M ... are divided into a plurality of groups by color coding of headbands and hats, the balls of the color corresponding to each group are placed on the playground equipment body 1 with the central hole 2 open, and the last remaining ball As a game in which these groups are the winners, the members of each group are competing to drop the balls of other groups into the center hole 2 by the movement of the playground equipment body 1 of the carrying part.

  In the catch ball, the balls are handed up in a form of jumping up and catching the balls between the plurality of playground equipment bodies 1 and 1 with the central hole 2 closed.

  Therefore, in the game using the above-mentioned ball, various difficulty levels can be set depending on the size of the ball used. It is also convenient to use music (BGM) together so as to induce exercise by sound, and to perform an operation in accordance with the rhythm. Furthermore, these games can be participated in a wheelchair without any problem as shown in FIG. 4, and instructors and volunteers can participate and enjoy guidance and cooperation together.

  As described above, according to the cooperative exercise play equipment of the present invention, it is possible to have fun and interesting games in various patterns, and during these games, the upper limbs are bent and lifted and lowered, swung left and right, neck and shoulders. Suitable exercises such as swinging and twisting, stretching and bending of the body, bending and stretching of the knees, weight shift, left / right balance, etc. are naturally performed, so that the lack of exercise for the elderly, disabled, and obese people can be eliminated without difficulty. In addition to being able to collaborate with other participants M accompanying these exercises, expanding the range of movement of each joint, moving the viewpoint by following the movement of the ball and waveform, taking rhythm of movement with music, etc. As a rehabilitation for day users and patients with various diseases, it has an excellent function recovery effect, has a great effect on social recovery and stress relief, and elementary school and kindergarten children have a sense of cooperation and agility. It will be attached to.

  In addition, specific application examples for rehabilitation include general motor recovery due to large movements in Day users, stress dissipation in aphasic patients, functional recovery on the affected side with large movements on the healthy side in hemiplegic patients, There are improvements in forward bending posture in patients with Parkinson's disease, restoration of visual space cognition by accelerating the movement of the viewpoint in patients with visual space neglect and visual field stenosis, and these have already been confirmed to have significant effects.

  The playground equipment for cooperative exercise illustrated as an embodiment is a medium size used by about 6 to 8 people, and the present invention is of a small size where about 5 or 5 people can participate from a large size that about 20 people can participate. However, it is desirable that the number of holding portions 3 is eight or more and the arrangement pitch of these holding portions 3 is 20 to 40 cm. In other words, the number of the holding parts 3 is 8 or more, so that the playground equipment main body can be handled in a balanced manner by four or more participants, and one holding part 3 is opened between both hands by using the above arrangement pitch. Since it can be held in a shape, this makes it difficult to fall down during play, and also facilitates participation in a wheelchair that takes a width.

  In the play equipment for cooperative movement of the present invention, as a temporary attachment means for the sealing sheet 4 that closes the center hole 2 of the play equipment main body 1, a configuration using a hook, a button, a chuck or the like instead of the illustrated crimp fastener, In place of providing the hand-through portion 32 in FIG. 3, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the periphery of the finger insertion hole 31 is provided with rubber elasticity and can be inserted and held up to the wrist. Moreover, as the sheet | seat of the playground equipment main body 1, although the cloth illustrated by the point of intensity | strength and lightness is suitable, a rubber-drawn cloth, a resin impregnation cloth, a mesh ground etc. can also be used.

It is a top view which shows the playground equipment main body and closing sheet of the playground equipment for cooperative movement which concern on one Example of this invention. It is an enlarged plan view of the principal part of the same playground equipment main body. It is a front view which shows the manual thread part of the holding | maintenance part in the same playground equipment main body. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the use condition of the play equipment for the cooperative exercise. It is a vertical side view which shows the holding state using the handing part of the holding | maintenance part in the same playground equipment main body.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Playground equipment body 2 Center hole 3 Holding part 31 Finger insertion hole 32 Hand thread part 32a Elastic string material 4 Closing sheet 5,6 Crimp fastener piece (temporary attachment means)
7 Ball M Participant H Hand

Claims (5)

  A holding device is formed on the outer peripheral portion of the playground equipment body made of a donut-shaped sheet having a hole in the center at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction over the entire circumference, and has a closing means for the central hole, A playground equipment for cooperative exercise, in which a plurality of participants surrounding each other are configured to move in cooperation with each other while supporting the playground equipment body by the holding portion with both hands.   The playground equipment for cooperative movement according to claim 1, wherein the holding portion is formed by a finger insertion hole penetrating the front and back of the playground equipment body.   The holding part is composed of a finger insertion hole that penetrates the front and back of the playground equipment body, and a manual threading part that is formed by sewing an elastic string material in the vicinity of the finger insertion hole. The playground equipment for cooperative movement according to claim 1, wherein the playground equipment body is held by using the through portion.   The play device for cooperative movement according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the closing means closes the central hole with a sealing sheet and temporarily attaches a peripheral portion of the sealing sheet to a peripheral edge of the central hole. The playground equipment for cooperative exercise according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the holding portions are formed at eight or more locations, and the arrangement pitch of the holding portions is 20 to 40 cm.

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