JPH0693900B2 - Head and neck and spinal axis pressure device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a head and neck and a spinal column axial pressure device for treating a lesion while applying a load pressure to the head and neck and the spinal column.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In diseases such as cervical sprain, so-called whiplash, and low back pain, the joint surfaces of the cervical vertebrae are disaggregated by external factors, or the joint surfaces of the lumbar spine, pelvis, sacroiliac joints, etc. The nerves are compressed by disaggregation or the like, causing pain, numbness, paralysis, etc. in the head and neck, the spinal column, or the lumbar region. Conventionally,
There are cervical spine or lumbar spine tractor, roller device in clinical decubitus position, etc. as self-measuring instruments for diseases such as these, but the tractor can be used by pulling and disaggregating the local and related areas throughout the spinal system. Although the lesion can be improved in the short term, the lesion is likely to recur in the long term and the spinal joint has some joint reduction properties in the Roller device, but the entire spinal column has a cushioning system and bones. There is no activation of cells and the like, and there is a risk of weakening bone strength. Therefore, in recent years, in the treatment of lesions such as the head and neck and the spinal column, for example, the treatment practitioner points the patient's head in the direction of the lower limbs and restores or restores the physiological function or mechanism of the affected area while pressing with hand. Manual therapy is given.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the above-mentioned manual therapy imposes heavy labor on the person who carries out the treatment, which imposes a heavy burden. Therefore, there is a problem that a person who has undergone treatment cannot carry out continuous treatment for a long time, and therefore the number of patients who can be treated per day is small, and the treatment cost tends to be expensive.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object thereof is to maintain a physiological posture in which the back and foot of a patient having lesions in the head and neck or the spinal column are approximately 90 degrees. Then, the pelvis portion is allowed to sit on the chair frame body in a stable state, and the chair frame body is lifted to mechanically apply a physiological axial pressure in the long axis direction from the head and neck to the spinal column portion, whereby Correctly restores and reduces joints such as the head and neck and spinal column, does not impose a burden on the person who receives the treatment, and long-term continuous treatment is possible. An object of the present invention is to provide a head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device capable of continuing treatment.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided so as to be movable up and down along an inclined frame rod 12, and a seat 40 for seating a seated person in a supine position.
A chair frame body 14 including a backrest plate 36 and the chair frame body 1
The chair frame body 14 is provided with a drive device 16 for moving at least 4 along the inclined frame rod 12 upward, and a crown receiving portion 20 provided near the upper end portion of the inclined frame rod 12. The seat 40 and the back support plate 36 are attached so as to be movable up and down while maintaining an angle of about 90 degrees so that the seated person can maintain a physiological posture of about 90 degrees between the back and the foot when the seated person is seated. The chair frame body 14 is raised in a state where the seated person is seated on the chair frame body 14, and axial pressure is applied while the upper surface of the head of the seated person is brought into contact with the crown receiving portion 20 to load the head and neck and the spinal column portion. It is composed of a head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device 10 which is loaded with. The tilted frame rod 12 is set at an angle of approximately 17 to 21 degrees with respect to the vertical direction, and the chair frame body 14 is provided.
Corresponding to this, about 17 to 21 degrees to the vertical direction
It may be moved up and down in the angle range of degrees. Further, a load detection unit 98 provided on the crown receiving unit 20,
A load pressure display unit 108 that is connected to the load detection unit 98 and is applied to the head and neck and the spinal column may be provided. Further, in the vicinity of the crown receiving portion 20, it may be possible to provide temporal receiving portions 102a and 102b which come into contact with both sides of the head. Further, the chair frame body 14 may be provided with a footrest portion 56 mounted so as to be vertically movable. Furthermore,
The chair frame body 14 may be provided with a handle support rod 46 pivotally attached to both sides of the chair frame body 14 so as to be rotatable.

[0006]

When the head and neck and the spinal column axial pressure device of the present invention are used to treat a lesioned part of the head and neck and the spinal column of the patient, the patient is seated on a chair frame mounted on an inclined frame rod inclined obliquely upward. Seated in a circular shape, lift the chair frame with the drive device, and bring the upper surface of the patient's head into contact with the top receiving part, and the side receiving parts on both sides of the head to prevent the head from rocking. After tightening, the driving device applies a rising pressure to the chair frame while applying a reaction force to the head and neck and the spinal column. By maintaining this load for a certain period of time, or intermittently or intermittently loading it, it is possible to enhance the physiological restoration and reduction of the buffer system of each joint of the spinal column system of the head and neck and the spinal column. , The osteoblast cell line in the bone is activated, and the lesion is healed while increasing and recovering the bone strength.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 and 2 show a head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the drawing, the head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device 10 includes a tilted frame rod 12 which is vertically long and is installed in a slanting direction obliquely upward, and a chair frame body 14 mounted on the tilted frame rod 12 so as to be vertically movable. And a drive device 16 for vertically moving the chair frame body 14.
And a crown receiving portion 20 supported by a supporting portion 18 provided in the vicinity of the upper end of the tilting frame rod 12.

The inclined frame rod 12 is a pair of left and right groove type rods 2.
2 and 22, a caster 24 is rotatably supported on the lower surface thereof, and an upper intermediate position of a substantially rectangular carriage 28 with stoppers 26 attached at the end positions on both side surfaces, and an upper surface of the end surface of the carriage 28. It is obliquely provided at an angle of 17 to 21 degrees with respect to the vertical direction with respect to the upper end of the pillar frame 30 formed. With the back and foot in the sitting position maintaining a physiological posture state of about 90 degrees, and by vertically moving the chair frame body 14 in a tilted state, the head and neck and the spine of the patient are not forced. Axial pressure can be applied and treatment can be performed extremely safely. In particular, by holding the chair frame 14 at an angle of 17 degrees to 21 degrees with respect to the vertical direction, a head axial pressure of 4 to 5 kg is applied to the head and neck and the spine in a standing posture,
Unnaturally the posture that the chin or lower back escapes to promote scoliosis, etc.By maintaining this inclination angle, it is possible to treat the patient in a tilted state where the head and neck, spine, etc. are not physiologically overwhelmed. . In the present invention, the axial pressure is not applied from the head through a pressurizing device or the like, but is performed by raising the chair frame body 14 itself. This is because, for example, when axial pressure is applied by applying pressure from above in a standing position, it is often difficult to avoid this when the patient with a defect in the spinal system or the like is overpressurized. And, while it is more likely to worsen the spine,
By raising the chair frame side, if a drive cutoff switch (control device with safety button) etc. is installed in the patient's hand, the chair frame will drop due to its own weight when overpressurized. This is because the head pressure can be released easily.
As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the chair frame body 14 includes a backrest plate in which left and right side rods 32, 32 shorter than the grooved rods 22, 22 are continuously connected by a plurality of horizontal rods 34. A backrest frame 38 on which 36 is stretched and a seat 40 projecting in an inverted L shape at a lower position of the backrest frame 38 are provided. Further, in FIG. 3, a plurality of rollers 4 axially supported by a plurality of bearings 42, 42 fixed to the rear surfaces of the left and right rods 22, 22 of the back support frame 38.
Reference numerals 4 and 44 are fitted inside the grooved rods 22 and 22 so as to be vertically movable. As a result, the chair frame body 14 can be moved along the inclined frame rod 12. In the example of the chair frame 14, the seat 40 and the back support plate 36 maintain an angle of approximately 90 degrees, and the seated person is seated and the back and the foot maintain a physiological posture of approximately 90 degrees. It is attached so that it can be moved up and down in the state of getting. Although various configurations of the seat and the backrest plate can be considered, the point is that the seating surface of the seat 40 and the backrest surface of the backrest plate 36 are set at an angle of approximately 90 degrees, whereby at least the seated state is set. Can hold the correct natural menstrual posture.

Further, hand-holding support rods 46, 46 are pivotally attached to the outer surfaces of the left and right side rods 32, 32 near the upper ends thereof, and the hand-holding support rods 46, 46 extend along the grooves of the left and right side rods 22, 22. Handles 50, 50 are slidably supported by slidable pivot rods 48, 48, and slidably mounted in the grooves at the ends. The patient seated on the seat 40 has handles 50, 50
The upper limbs are trained by rotating the hand-holding support rods 46, 46 up and down while holding the.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the chair frame body 14
The seat 40 has a seat 52, a U-shaped leg frame 54 vertically provided at an end of the seat 52, and a footrest portion 56 having an end fitted into the leg 54. And a screw shaft 5 for vertically moving the footrest 56 at the center of the leg frame 54 in the vertical direction.
8 is rotatably supported, and a rotary shaft 60 and a screw shaft 58, which are rotatably supported at the end position of the seat base 52, are interlocking mechanism 6 such as a bevel gear.
A handle 64 is fixed to the end portion of the rotary shaft 60 while being interlocked with each other. The handle 64 rotates the rotary shaft 6
When 0 is rotated in the normal direction or the reverse direction, the central screw shaft 58 is simultaneously rotated in the normal direction and the reverse direction, and the footrest portion 56 is moved up and down.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the drive unit 16
Is a push-up cylinder 6 in which an end of a ram and a cylinder body are pivotally attached to each other on the lower horizontal rod 34a of the backrest frame 38 of the chair frame 14 and the upper surface of the carriage 28 on the upper surface of the carriage 28.
6 and a pump mechanism 68 for operating the push-up cylinder 66. When the pump mechanism 68 operates the push-up cylinder 66 to extend the ram, the chair frame 14 is raised, and when the ram is shortened, the chair frame 14 is lowered. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the support portion 18 of the crown receiving portion 20 is an arm frame vertically projecting from the upper ends of the left and right grooved rods 22 and 22 of the inclined frame rod 12. Bearings 72 and 72 fixed to both ends of the upper surface of one arm frame 70 have a first screw shaft 74a pivotally supported, and a handle 76a is fixed to the end, and the other arm frame 70 is provided.
Bearing 7 fixed to the protruding end of the upper surface and the intermediate position of the upper surface
A guide shaft 80 is fixed to the shafts 8, 78. The first
A screw guide 84 having a bearing 82 on the upper portion is screwed into the screw portion of the screw shaft 74a, and a slide guide 86 having a bearing 82 on the upper portion is fitted to the other guide shaft 80. A guide plate 88 is fixed to the upper surfaces of the guide 84 and the slide guide 86. The guide plate 88 is reciprocated in the end direction above the arm frames 70, 70 via the screw guide 84 by the forward and reverse rotations of the first screw shaft 74a. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the bearing 90 fixed to the central position of the lower surface of the guide plate 88 and the bearings 82, 8
The second screw shaft 74b is pivotally supported on the 2 and the handle 7 at the end.
6b is fixed. The second screw shaft 74b has a left screw and a right screw on both sides, and a left screw guide 92a and a right screw guide 92b are screwed to the left and right screws, respectively.
The left and right screw guides 92 are rotated by the forward and reverse rotations of the screw shaft 74b.
a and 92b move symmetrically toward the center and both ends.

The crown receiving portion 20 is fixed to the lower surface of the axial pressure spring 96, which is attached to the lower end of a shaft 94 which is suspended from a bearing 90 on the lower surface of the guide plate 88 of the support portion 18. The load detection unit 98 is provided with the axial load cushion 100 fixed to the lower surface of the load detection unit 98 via a mounting plate. Further, the left and right screw guides 92a screwed onto the second screw shaft 74b of the support portion 18,
Left and right temporal receiving portions 102a and 102b are vertically provided at 92b, and support cushions 104a and 104b are fixed to inner surfaces of lower portions of the left and right temporal receiving portions 102a and 102b. As shown in FIG. 6, a display unit 106 for detecting and displaying the load applied to the axial pressure cushion 100 by the load detection unit 98 is installed on the side surface of the tilt frame rod 12 and the support frame 30. . The display unit 106 has a power switch 1
08, a pressurization set value column 110, a pressurization value display column 112, and the like are provided.

When treating a lesion area of a subject using the head and neck and spinal axial pressure device 10 of the present invention, first, the display unit 106 is used.
The power switch 108 of the patient is turned on, and the patient or the subject M
Is seated on the seat 40 of the chair frame 14, and the height of the foot rest 56 is moved up and down by the rotation of the handle 64 so that the total load pressure applied to the head is within the range of 0 kg to 30 kg. , And at the same time, adjust the angle of the handholding support rod 46 and the height position of the handle 50 according to the upper limbs of the subject M and tighten them with nuts. Next, while visually observing the axial pressure cushion 100 of the crown receiving portion 20, the first screw shaft 74a of the supporting portion 18 is rotated and adjusted so as to match the head center of the subject M, and further the second screw shaft 74b is rotated. The opening of the left and right temporal receiving portions 102a and 102b is adjusted.

Therefore, the pressure setting value column 11 of the display unit 106
An axial pressure value suitable for the subject M is input to 0, the switch of the drive device 16 is turned on, the chair frame 14 is raised while operating the push-up cylinder 66, and the head of the subject M becomes the axial pressure cushion 100. While checking the axial pressure value detected by the load detection unit 98 by the numerical value in the pressurization value display field 112 of the display unit 106, the cylinder is pushed up to the pressurization set value and the push-up cylinder 6
6 is stopped, the pressure is maintained for about 3 minutes, the push-up cylinder 66 is lowered, and the push-up cylinder 66 is stopped for about 30 seconds and then the push-up axial pressure operation is started again. The axial pressure operation is repeated for a fixed time. The axial pressure time and rest time of the head are appropriately selected by a timer or the like provided in the display unit 106. The head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device according to the present invention is seated on the chair frame body 14 in which the axial pressure of the head is inclined about 17 to 21 degrees with respect to the vertical direction, and axial pressure is applied within a range approximate to the gravity axis. The approximate gravity axis is to obtain a gravity axis force that is similar to the effect of the physiological gravity line on the ground and is originally a vertical axis. However, when mechanical stress is applied, the vertical axis of the subject M It is possible to generate shearing force or bending stress in the important spinal axis by any posture, and it was discovered by basic research from the viewpoint of safety. Therefore, by axially pressing the lesion area of the head and neck or the spinal column with the load pressure automatically set by the device according to the present invention,
Appropriate treatment of the lesion can be performed without burdening the person who receives the treatment, and the treatment cost can be reduced.

The tilt angle of the tilt frame rod 12 is within a range in which the central axis of the axial pressure can be approximated to the gravity axis in the relaxed state, and the tilt angle as in the embodiment is most suitable and effective. It can be treated,
This inclination angle may be arbitrarily variably set according to the symptom of the subject without depending on the range of the embodiment. Furthermore,
In the case of the recumbent type, since the axial load due to its own weight can be obtained, there is no such setting angle, it becomes the type with the movable angle,
In this case, the same head and neck and spinal column pressure device are to be used in a lying state.

[0016]

As described above, according to the head and neck and the spinal column axial pressure device according to the first aspect of the invention, the head and neck and the spinal column axial pressure device are provided so as to be movable up and down along the slanting frame rod, and the seat is provided so that the seated person is seated on his back. A chair frame body including a backrest plate, a drive device for moving the chair frame body at least upward along the tilt frame rod, and a crown receiving portion provided near the upper end of the tilt frame rod, The chair frame includes a seat frame and a back support plate that keep an angle of approximately 90 degrees so that the back and the foot can maintain a physiological posture of approximately 90 degrees in a seated state. The chair frame is movably attached to the chair frame while the seated person is seated on the chair frame. The chair frame is raised, and axial pressure is applied while the upper surface of the head of the seated person is brought into contact with the crown receiving portion. As the load is applied to the spinal column, the head and neck and spinal column of patients with lesions in the head and neck and spinal column In a natural posture that does not place an unreasonable load on the chair, the pelvis is allowed to sit on the chair frame, and the chair frame is raised while mechanically moving from the head and neck to the spinal column in the longitudinal direction. As a result of applying dynamic axial pressure, the joints of the patient's head and neck and spinal column are correctly restored and repositioned, and it is possible to continue treatment for a long time without burdening the practitioner and to continue treatment safely. . Further, according to claim 2, the inclined frame rod is approximately 17 degrees to 21 degrees with respect to the vertical direction.
Since the chair frame is vertically moved in a state of an angle range of about 17 degrees to 21 degrees with respect to the vertical direction in correspondence with this, the chair frame is based on the head axis pressure load due to the weight of the head. It is possible to perform head and neck and spine treatments extremely safely and reliably by preventing the patient from taking an incorrect posture due to the escape of the chin and waist. Further, according to claim 3, by providing the load detection unit on the crown receiving unit and displaying the axial pressure applied to the head and neck and the spinal column of the subject on the display unit, it is possible to load the axial pressure suitable for the lesion. Moreover, it is possible to prevent the danger due to the application of a certain load or more. Further, according to the fourth aspect, the temporal receiving portion is provided in the supporting portion that supports the parietal receiving portion, so that the rocking of the parietal portion during axial pressure is prevented. Further, according to claim 5, the foot rest of the chair frame can be adjusted up and down, and the subject can land his or her lower limbs on the foot rest, and can maintain a stable posture during axial pressure, which is dangerous. It can be prevented. Furthermore,
According to the sixth aspect, the chair frame body is provided with the handholding support rod, so that the chair frame body also has an effect that the posture can be maintained in a stable state during the axial pressure and a danger can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the same head and neck and spinal column pressure device.

3 is an enlarged arrow view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a view taken along the line C-C of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a partial side view showing the display unit of the head and neck and spinal column pressure device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of axial pressure of a subject using a head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Head and Neck and Spinal Axial Pressure Device 12 Inclined Frame Rod 14 Chair Frame Body 16 Drive Device 18 Support 20 Top Crown Receiver 46 Handhold Support Rod 56 Footrest 68 Pump Mechanism 98 Load Detector 102 Temporal Head Receive 106 Display

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A chair frame body, which is provided so as to be vertically movable along a tilted frame rod and includes a seat and a back support plate for seating a seated person in a supine position, and the chair frame body on the tilted frame rod. A drive device for moving at least ascending along, and a crown receiving portion provided near the upper end of the inclined frame rod,
The chair frame is movable up and down while the seat and the back support plate maintain an angle of approximately 90 degrees so that the back and the foot can maintain a physiological posture of approximately 90 degrees when the seated person is seated. The chair frame is attached to the chair frame while the seated person is sitting on the chair frame, and the chair upper surface is brought into contact with the crown receiving portion while applying axial pressure to the head and neck and the spinal column. Head-and-neck and spinal axis pressure device that is loaded with load. 2. The inclined frame rod is substantially 1 with respect to the vertical direction.
The angle is set in the range of 7 degrees to 21 degrees, and the chair frame body correspondingly corresponds to approximately 17 degrees to 21 degrees with respect to the vertical direction.
The head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device according to claim 1, wherein the head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device move up and down in a state of an angle range of degrees. 3. The load detecting section provided on the crown receiving section, and the load pressure display section connected to the load detecting section for displaying the load pressure applied to the head and neck and the spinal column.
Head and neck and spinal column pressure device as described. 4. The head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a temporal receiving portion that contacts both sides of the head in the vicinity of the crown receiving portion. 5. The head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the chair frame body is provided with a footrest portion that is vertically movable. 6. The head and neck and spinal column axial pressure device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the chair frame body is provided with a hand-held support rod rotatably pivotally mounted on both side portions thereof.