JPH08243089A - Dislocation quantity-measuring equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide dislocation quantity-measuring equipment capable of measuring torsion of a pelvis and performing suitable osteopathy, by setting a pair of length measuring means in equal distances to right and left from the center of a human body width, facing them opposite to the scapulae of both shoulders, and measuring the distances to the scapulae to find the difference of distances to the scapulae from the length measuring means. CONSTITUTION: A patient is sat on a chair to take a natural posture. Then, a the height of a support stand 11 is adjusted and a measurement base 12 is made right and left horizontal by a level 17. Simultaneously, the angle of a measurement base 12 is adjusted to make the upper face of the measurement base 12 in parallel to a laid plate 10. After adjusting is completed, a sliding piece 130 is slid to right and left by each equal distance to opposite a measure tape 13 to the scapulae of the patient, and the measure part 131 of the measure tape 13 is drawn out to measure the distances to the scapulae. Since a difference is produced in the distances from the measure tape 13 to the scapulae when the pelvis has torsion, the torsion quantity of the pelvis can be determined by inspecting the difference.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift amount measuring device, and for example, to a device capable of easily measuring the shift amount of each part of a human body from its original position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, it is often seen that the human body is displaced from its original natural posture for some reason. For example, if there is an abnormality in the temporomandibular joint, you may have a torticollis on your neck without your knowledge, or there may be a “shift” in the height of your left and right shoulders.
In addition, the spine may be curved. Further, in a working environment in which an uncomfortable posture is continued for a long time, the pelvis may be twisted without knowing the person, and the spine may be curved laterally.

For such a symptom, there has been proposed a method in which a teplate is inserted into the oral cavity to correct the temporomandibular joint and the treatment is performed. However, long-term insertion of the template into the oral cavity is very difficult for patients. It will be a burden.

[0004]

Therefore, the inventor of the present invention corrects the twist of the pelvis by adjusting the bone to cause the "deviation" of the human body.
We have come to propose a method of treating dental caries and performing dental treatment when necessary.

However, the "deviation" of the human body varies depending on the individual, but conventionally, the degree of the "deviation" must be sensuously judged to perform osteopathy, and the osteopathy should be adjusted appropriately according to the symptom. It was difficult to apply and I had to rely on my experience.
In addition, there is a problem that the patient cannot objectively know how much the bone has healed as a result of osteopathy, and the treatment is likely to be stopped on the way.

On the other hand, it is possible to measure the amount of "deviation" of the human body by using a moire fringe device or a thermograph device, but such a device has a very high cost, and an ordinary osteopathic or dental clinic is required. So it was hard to buy.

In view of the above problems, the present invention can measure the "deviation" of the human body, particularly the twist of the pelvis, and perform appropriate osteopathy without increasing the cost, and digitize the treatment results. It is an object of the present invention to provide a measuring device for the amount of deviation so that it can be judged.

[0008]

Therefore, a body displacement measuring device according to the present invention is a measuring device which faces a human body to be measured and measures a pelvis torsion amount in a natural body. The adjustable support leg, the measurement base attached to the upper end of the support leg extending in the left-right horizontal direction, and the measurement base supported by the measurement base so that the distance between them can be adjusted in the horizontal direction. To measure the distance between both scapula parts and a measurement base set parallel to the pelvis, which are separated from each other in the horizontal direction by a predetermined equal distance, and use the difference between the two distances as the pelvic torsion amount. A pair of left and right length measuring means is provided.

The measuring base is preferably supported by height-adjustable support legs, but is supported by using another structure such as a desk, and the height is adjusted by interposing a floor plate or the like below the measuring base. May be performed. That is, according to the present invention, a measuring machine that faces the human body to be measured and measures the amount of twist of the pelvis in the natural body, and the measuring base is set horizontally with respect to the floor surface, and The distance between both scapula parts, which are supported by adjustable horizontal intervals and are equidistant in the horizontal direction from the center of the human body in the horizontal direction, and the measurement base set parallel to the pelvis. It is possible to provide a deviation amount measuring device including a pair of left and right length measuring means for measuring each of the two and setting the difference between the two distances as the pelvic torsion amount.

The length measuring means may be slidably supported on a measurement base extending in the left-right horizontal direction to adjust the mutual distance, or the measurement base can be expanded and contracted and fixed at both ends thereof to adjust the mutual distance. May be. As the length measuring means, mechanical means such as a tape measure or a ruler, or optical means using laser light or the like can be adopted. In the case of a tape measure, it is preferable that it can be unrolled straight forward, has a certain degree of hardness so that it does not sag, and is lightweight, but if such a tape measure is not available, it may be equipped with a guide that supports the tape measure. Good. In the case of a ruler, it may be installed so that it can slide back and forth. In the case of laser light, the distance to the measured point is calculated by the CPU or the like, so it is preferable to calculate and display the difference between both distances.

When measuring a human body for osteopathy, it is preferable to be able to measure the degree of torticollis as well as the torsion of the pelvis. That is, the shift amount measuring device according to the present invention includes an angle measuring unit that is supported by a measurement base and is set at a substantially lower end position of the neck at the center of the human body width direction to measure the size of the torticollis of the neck. Is preferred. The angle measuring means may be composed of an angle ruler and a pointer as shown in the following examples in terms of cost,
Since it is necessary to read the angle by adjusting the pointer to the object with eyes, the measurement accuracy may be poor. Therefore, instead of the pointer, a laser light generator may be attached to an arm that rotates around the center of the angle ruler, the object is irradiated with the laser light, and the angle of the laser light generator at that time may be read from the angle ruler.

To measure the pelvic torsion more accurately,
It is necessary to ensure the levelness and parallelism of the measurement base with respect to the floor surface and parallelism with the human body. Therefore, horizontal setting means for making the measurement base horizontal to the floor surface, first parallel setting means for making the upper surface of the measurement base parallel to the floor surface, and the measurement base parallel to the human body. It is preferable to provide the measurement base with the second parallel setting means for setting to. The horizontal setting means is provided with a spirit level provided on the upper surface of the measurement base, the first parallel setting means is provided with vertical pointers provided on the sides of the measurement base, and the second parallel setting means is provided with both sides of the measurement base. An irradiation lamp or a laser light generator capable of irradiating a pair of sights on the floor surface to set the position of the measurement base can be used.

The present invention has a great effect when applied to the measurement of the amount of displacement of the human body, especially the amount of twist of the pelvis, but the idea of the present invention is that the amount of displacement of two parts of another object from the horizontal reference line in the horizontal direction. It can also be applied to the measurement of. That is, according to the present invention,
A measuring machine, which faces an object to be measured and measures an amount of deviation of two different parts of the object to be measured from a horizontal reference line in the horizontal direction, the supporting leg having an adjustable height, and an upper end of the supporting leg. And a measurement base that is attached so as to extend horizontally in the left and right direction, and is supported by the measurement base so that the mutual distance in the left and right horizontal direction can be adjusted, and is set parallel to two different parts to be measured and a reference line. It is possible to provide a deviation amount measuring instrument including a pair of left and right length measuring means for measuring the distance to the measurement base and setting the deviation amount.

[0014]

[Operation and effect of the invention] When measuring the amount of twist of the pelvis, keep the body in a lightly relaxed state, make the measurement base parallel to the pelvis, and set the heights of both shoulders at the center. After matching with the center of the human body width direction, a pair of length measuring means are set at positions separated by equal distances to the left and right to face the shoulder blades of both shoulders, and the distance to the shoulder blades is measured. When the pelvis is twisted, both shoulders are twisted relative to the pelvis in the natural state, and there is a difference in the distance from the length measuring means to the scapula. Can be numerically understood.

Therefore, it is possible to objectively understand the degree of displacement of the pelvis, which varies from person to person, and appropriately perform osteopathy according to the degree, and the degree of healing can be objectively understood by measuring after osteopathy.

In addition to measuring the amount of pelvic torsion, measuring the degree of the torticollis of the neck by means of angle measuring means enables more accurate osteopathy and more accurate judgment of the treatment result. it can.

Furthermore, the structure of the measuring machine is simple, the number of parts is small, and the cost is not increased unlike the moire fringe device and the thermograph device.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the specific examples shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a shift amount measuring machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a flat mounting plate 10 serving as a reference is installed on the floor surface, and a supporting stand (supporting leg) 11 is vertically erected on the upper surface of the mounting plate 10. The support stand 11 is configured by slidably inserting an upper rod 111 having a small diameter into an upper end of a lower rod 110 having a leg portion 113, and fixing both by a screw member 112, and the height is adjusted by loosening the screw member 112. You can do it.

A support bracket (not shown) of the measurement base 12 is fixed to the upper end of the upper rod 111 of the support stand 11, and the measurement base 12 and the support bracket are rotatable by a connecting shaft extending in the longitudinal direction of the measurement base 12. Is fixed by tightening a screw member, and the front-back angle of the upper surface of the measurement base 12 can be adjusted by loosening the screw member. The measurement base 12 is in the form of a flat rectangular plate, and a guide groove 120 is formed at the front and rear edges thereof so as to extend in the longitudinal direction.

A pair of left and right slide pieces 130 and 130 are slidably provided on the measurement base 12, and a part of the slide pieces 130 and 130 is a guide groove 1 of the measurement base 12.
The slide is adapted to be fitted in the guide 20. On the slide pieces 130, 130, tape measure 13, 1
3 is fixed, and a metal thin plate having a spring property is used for the measure portion 131 of the tape measure 13 so that the measure portion 131 can be straightened without hanging when it is pulled out forward.

An angle ruler 141 and a pointer 142, which are the first angle measuring means 14, are rotatably attached to the rear end edge of the measurement base 12 by a mounting pin 140 at the center in the longitudinal direction, and the front end edge of the measurement base 12 is also rotatably attached. Is reverse L in the longitudinal center
A bracket 150 having a character shape is attached to the bracket 15.
The second angle measuring means 15 is attached to the 0 by a mounting pin 153.
An angle ruler 151 and a pointer 152 are attached rotatably.

Pencil-shaped illumination lamps 16, 16 which are second parallel setting means are vertically penetrated and fixed to both ends of the measurement base 12, and the illumination lamps 16, 16 are capable of spot illumination and placed. By irradiating the sights P, P provided on the plate 10, the parallelism of the measurement base 12 with respect to the measured object W can be ensured.
The illumination lamp 1 is provided on the outer edges of the slide pieces 130, 130.
Recesses 132, 132 are formed in which 6, 16 are fitted,
The slide pieces 130, 130 can be slid to both sides as much as possible, and the slide pieces 130, 130 are prevented from coming off.

At the center of the upper surface of the measuring base 12, a level 17 as a horizontal setting means is provided so that the horizontal level of the measuring base 12 can be secured. Further, an angle ruler 181 and a pointer 182, which are the first parallel setting means 18, are rotatably attached to one end of the measurement base 12 by an attachment pin 180, and the angle of the upper surface of the measurement base 12 with respect to the mounting plate 10 is set. It can be measured.
Further, a tape measure 19 is fixed to the lower end of the lower rod 110 of the support stand 11 so that the height of the measurement base 11 can be measured.

For example, when treating a patient with a curved spine by osteopathy, first, the amount of twist of the pelvis is measured.
That is, the chair 20 is installed on the mounting plate 10 such that the center of the chair 20 is in front of the support stand 11, and the chair 20 is set parallel to the line connecting the sights P, P of the mounting plate 10. The patient W is seated on 20 and is placed in a natural posture with a light force. The patient W is placed on the mounting plate 10.
It is preferable that the foot shape of the patient W is displayed in advance so that the patient W can easily sit in parallel to the measurement base 12.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the height of the support stand 11 is adjusted so that the height of the patient W is approximately the height of the shoulder of the patient W, and then the measuring base 11 is horizontally leveled by the level 17.
If it is not horizontal, adjust by interposing a floor plate or the like below the support stand 11. At the same time, the pointer 18 is placed so that the upper surface of the measurement base 12 is parallel to the mounting plate 10.
While watching 2 and the angle ruler 181, the angle of the measurement base 12 with respect to the support bracket is adjusted.

When the adjustment is completed, the slide pieces 130, 130
Slide the tape to the left and right by the same distance,
13 is made to face the scapula of the patient W, and the measure parts 131, 131 of the tape measure 13, 13 are pulled out to measure the distance to the scapula (see FIG. 2). When the pelvis has a twist, when sitting on the chair 20 in a natural state and with the pelvis parallel to the measurement base 12, both shoulders are twisted, and the tape measure 13, 1
Since there is a difference in the distance from 3 to both scapulas, it is possible to quantify and know the amount of pelvic torsion by looking at the difference.

The height of the support stand 11 is adjusted and the measure portion 130 of one tape measure 13 is applied to one acromion of the patient W, and the height of the measurement base 12 at that time is measured with the tape measure 19, and then the other. The height of the support stand 11 is adjusted so that the measure portion 130 of the tape measure 13 comes to the other acromion, and the height of the measurement base 12 is measured with the tape measure 19, and when the difference in height is obtained, both shoulders are measured. You can know the degree of height variation. While keeping the height constant and changing the angle of the measurement base 12, the measure parts 131, 131 of the tape measure 13, 13 are applied to the crests of both shoulders, and the angle difference at that time is indicated by the pointer 182 and the angle ruler 181.
It is good to read from the above and make the difference in the height of both shoulders due to the angle difference.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, when the pointer 142 of the first angle measuring means 14 is held to the nose bridge line of the patient W and the angle of the pointer 142 at that time is read by the angle ruler 141, The angle can be known, and the size of the lateral ridge of the spine can be measured by aligning the pointer 142 with the patient's spine line.

Further, the pointer 1 of the second angle measuring means 15
By aligning 52 with the lower end of the bridge of the nose and reading the angle with the angle ruler 151, it is possible to know the size of the right or left rotation of the neck.

After the measurement, the degree of healing can be objectively understood by appropriately adjusting the bone according to the size of the pelvis torsion and then performing the same measurement and comparing the numerical values.

By the way, in the human body, the trunk, the upper limbs, the lower limbs, and the fingers can be moved within a predetermined range, but if the displacement measuring device of this example is used, whether or not each is in the movable range is determined. Can be measured. That is, in the case of a healthy body, with respect to the trunk, anteversion and retroflexion of the neck shown in FIG. 4, left and right rotation of the neck, left and right lateral flexion of the neck, anteflexion and retroflexion of the thoracolumbar region shown in FIG. A movable range is defined for left and right rotation and lateral bending.

Regarding the upper limbs, flexion and extension of the shoulder girdle shown in FIG. 6, flexion and extension of the shoulder shown in FIG. 7, abduction and adduction, external rotation and internal rotation, horizontal extension and horizontal flexion, and FIG. The movable range is defined by flexion and extension of elbow, pronation and supination of forearm, dorsiflexion and palmar flexion of the hand, flexion and ulnar flexion of the hand.

Regarding the lower limbs, flexion and extension of the crotch, abduction and adduction, external rotation and internal rotation shown in FIG. 9, extension and flexion of the knee shown in FIG. 10, external rotation and internal rotation of the lower limbs, ankle joint The range of motion is defined for dorsiflexion and plantar flexion, outer and inner eversion of the foot, abduction and adduction, flexion and extension of the thumb, and flexion and extension of the toes.

As for the fingers, the flexion abduction and ulnar adduction, the palm abduction and palm abduction, flexion and extension, contralateral abduction, convolution, and flexion of the thumb shown in FIG. The movable range is defined by flexion and extension, finger abduction and adduction.

By using the displacement measuring device of this example, it is possible to detect whether or not the movement of each part of the human body is in each of the above-mentioned movable ranges, and to find the abnormality of each part of the human body. Since the measurement method can be easily understood from the above-described measurement method, it will not be described in detail, but the human body has a predetermined posture, for example, a sitting posture, a standing posture, a lying posture, a supine posture or a prone posture, When measuring the movable distance, the tape measure 13, 13 is used for measurement, and when the movable angle is measured, the mounting pins 140, 153 of the angle measuring means 14, 15 are aligned with the reference point of the measurement target to be movable. The movable angles may be read by aligning the hands 142 and 152 as much as possible. In addition, the figure of the range of motion of the trunk, upper limbs, lower limbs, and fingers is “Osteopathology” (issued by the Japan Judo Reduction Society,
1977).

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a shift amount measuring device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a method of measuring a pelvic displacement amount using the above measuring device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method of measuring a torticollis using the above measuring device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a movable range of a neck of the trunk.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the movable range of the thoracolumbar region of the trunk.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the movable range of the shoulder girdle of the upper limbs.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a movable range of a shoulder of an upper limb.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a movable range of an elbow, a forearm, and a hand in the upper limbs.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the movable range of the crotch of the lower limbs.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the movable range of the knee, lower leg, ankle joint, foot, thumb and toe of the lower limbs.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining a movable range of fingers.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Support Stand (Support Leg) 12 Measurement Base 13 Tape Measure (Measuring Measure) 14 First Angle Measuring Means 15 Second Angle Measuring Means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A measuring machine, which faces a human body W to be measured and measures the amount of twist of the pelvis in a natural body, the supporting leg 11 being adjustable in height, and the left and right above the supporting leg 11. The measuring base 12 mounted so as to extend horizontally
And a measurement base that is supported by the measurement base 12 such that the mutual distance in the horizontal direction can be adjusted, and that is set parallel to both scapula parts and the pelvis that are equidistant from the center of the human body width direction in the horizontal direction. The pair of left and right length measuring means 1 for measuring the distance between the two and the difference between the two distances as the pelvic torsion amount 1
An apparatus for measuring the amount of deviation, which comprises: 2. A measuring machine that faces a human body W to be measured and measures the amount of twist of the pelvis in a natural body, and the measuring base 12 is set horizontally with respect to the floor surface. Between the two scapula parts, which are supported so that the mutual spacing in the horizontal direction can be adjusted and are separated from the center in the human body width direction by a predetermined equal distance in the horizontal direction, and the measurement base 12 set parallel to the pelvis. A pair of left and right length measuring means 13, 1 for measuring the distances respectively and setting the difference between the two distances as the pelvic torsion amount.
3. A deviation amount measuring machine, comprising: 3. An angle measuring means 14 is provided which is supported at the horizontal center of the measurement base 12 in the left-right horizontal direction and which is set at the substantially lower end position of the neck at the center of the human body width direction and measures the size of the torticollis of the neck. The measuring device for the amount of deviation according to claim 1 or 2. 4. An object to be measured, which faces the object to be measured,
A measuring machine for measuring the amount of deviation from the horizontal reference line in the left and right direction of three different parts, a supporting leg that is adjustable in height, and a measurement base that is attached to the upper end of the supporting leg and extends horizontally in the horizontal direction. And a measurement base which is supported by the measurement base such that the distance between the measurement base and the measurement base is set parallel to the reference line. A measuring device for a deviation amount, comprising a pair of left and right length measuring means for