RU2061454C1 - Device for patients to learn walking - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has supporting carcass made of metal sections having stiffness ribs and is provided with fastening belts with zippers and members for individual fitting. Mechanism for moving has two elastic bow-shaped members rigidly attached to the upper part of the supporting carcass. Bearing handles are fixed on each elastic member. Rubber cushions with ring-shaped belts to be fastened on the lower extremities are mounted on the opposite ends of the elastic members. The bearing handles are placed at different height levels relative to each other. EFFECT: accelerated training. 2 dwg

Description

 The device relates to medical equipment used in medical institutions (neurosurgery, neuropathology, orthopedics) and can be used at home to educate patients in order to restore motor function.

 A device for the movement of patients with a frame in the form of an upper and lower arcuate frames with uprights, axillary bearings, swivel rollers and a lever mechanism of movement with foot pushers, the lever mechanism of movement is made in the form of left and right hand levers, each of which is connected through bearings to foot pushers, and the left and right hand levers are interconnected using two rods rigidly mounted on the horizontal axis, and two rods, one of which is mounted on the hand lever lower on bearings and the other above the bearing, and on the top of the arcuate frame frame set safety belt / 1 /.

 The disadvantages of the known device include the following: the large bulkiness and difficulty of controlling the device in connection with the use of rotary rollers and a linkage mechanism associated with a large number of additional parts, which reduces the convenience and reliability of using the known device.

 The proposed device has a number of advantages compared to the known one, namely: there are no bulky hard-to-control elements connected to complex systems; it provides restoration of walking skills in patients with a lack of active movements of the lower extremities or with very small possibilities for their independent movement, allows you to use it both on the street and at home.

 The proposed device for teaching walking patients (Fig. 1,2) has a support frame (1) and a movement mechanism through the use of muscle efforts of the upper extremities, the support frame (1) is made of profile metal with stiffeners adjacent to the back and shoulders of the patient and equipped with fixing belts (2) with fasteners and individual fit elements, and the movement mechanism has two elastic onion-shaped elements (3,4) made of elastic material and rigidly attached to the upper part of the support frame, on each of which elements, the thrust handles (5,6) are strengthened by means of adjustable screw clamps (7,8), rubber shock absorbers (11,12) are attached at the opposite ends of the elastic elements, the opposite ends of which are fastened with fasteners and fixing elements (13 , 14) with ring-shaped belts (17,18) for fastening on the lower extremities in the area below the knee joints, while the persistent handles (5,6) are located at different heights relative to each other levels.

 The device operates as follows (see figure 1, figure 2). The supporting frame (1) with the help of fixing belts (2) is mounted on the patient’s body, ring-shaped belts (17,18) are put on the lower extremities, connected by fasteners (15,16) to the fasteners of rubber shock absorbers (11,12).

 An individual adjustment of the working conditions of these rubber shock absorbers is made taking into account the degree of damage to the motor function of each of the lower extremities.

 Then the patient begins to move from a position when the left and right feet of the lower extremities are in the same position. Moreover, if it is supposed to begin movement with the left leg, then the patient, tilting the body forward, with his right hand exercises pushing pressure on the thrust handle of the left elastic onion-shaped element, thereby helping to forward the left fly leg. The execution of this movement with the left foot forward is facilitated by the energy of elastic deformation of the left elastic onion-shaped element (3) and the left rubber shock absorber (11) accumulated during the tilt of the body forward and partial fall.

 Similarly, the forward movement of the right leg is facilitated by the accumulated elastic energy in the right elastic onion-shaped element (4) and the rubber shock absorber (12), as well as the impact on the elastic handle (6).

 Under these conditions, the process of performing the patient’s walking movements with the restoration of the correct coordination of the movements of the lower and upper limbs is facilitated, and the movements themselves begin to more and more fulfill the functions of an effective means of motor therapy.

Claims (1)

 A device for teaching patients walking, containing a support frame and a movement mechanism through the use of muscle efforts of the upper extremities, characterized in that the support frame is made of profile metal with stiffeners adjacent to the back and shoulders of the patient and is equipped with locking belts with fasteners and individual fit elements and the movement mechanism has two elastic onion-shaped elements made of an elastic material and rigidly attached to the upper part of the supporting frame, on each of the elastic On the opposite ends of the elastic elements are attached using adjustable clips, rubber shock absorbers, the opposite ends of which are connected by fasteners and locking elements with ring-shaped straps for fastening on the lower extremities in the region below the knee joints, while the resistant handles located at different heights relative to each other levels.

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