WO1999056695A1 - Method for correcting disorders caused by the tonic postural system imbalance - Google Patents

Method for correcting disorders caused by the tonic postural system imbalance Download PDF

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WO1999056695A1
WO1999056695A1 PCT/FR1999/001016 FR9901016W WO9956695A1 WO 1999056695 A1 WO1999056695 A1 WO 1999056695A1 FR 9901016 W FR9901016 W FR 9901016W WO 9956695 A1 WO9956695 A1 WO 9956695A1
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Dominique Mace
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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  • the present invention relates to the medical field and more particularly to the correction of disorders due to imbalances in the postural tonic system.
  • the postural tonic system is a neurological unit comprising various exteroceptive sensors such as the foot, the eye, the skin, the manducatory apparatus as well as the integrating centers such as the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the basic nuclei such as the caudate nucleus. , the putamen, the pallidum, the red nucleus, the bulbar olive and the upper centers, in particular the prefrontal cortex and its associative areas. All of these sensors and these nerve centers are linked together by bundles of motor nerves to form together the extrapyramidal system which permanently regulates our erected station.
  • the postural tonic system integrates the extrapyramidal system which is motor and the neurological system of proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensitivity. It receives an influence from the inner ear and the cerebellum.
  • the action of the postural tonic system is permanently anti-gravitational and regulates the movement which it prepares, triggers, supports, stops and for which it serves as a counter-support. It is the compulsory regulator of the pyramid system.
  • the plane of the shoulders and the gluteal plane are aligned, with harmonious cervical and lumbar curvatures, respectively of four and three across the subject's fingers with respect to the alignment plane.
  • Postural imbalances then appear by rotations and rockers of the scapular and pelvic belts in the frontal and horizontal planes, by a modification of the alignment of the plane of the buttocks and shoulders, in the sagittal plane and by a modification of the lumbar and cervical curvatures.
  • These postural imbalances cause abnormal stresses on the intervertebral discs, the posterior articulations of the vertebrae, the joints of the shoulders, hips, knees, feet, at the origin of functional joint pain by stress pathology.
  • the foot is the terminal buffer of the postural tonic system: it receives all the constraints from the top to which it adapts at first, before settling in a static and abnormal dynamic, becoming in turn generator of constraints.
  • the oldest is the classic orthopedic sole which uses a basic support on which reliefs are arranged, for example supinator corners - 3 - or pronators, a retrocapital bar etc., with a thickness varying from 0.5 to 1.5 cm.
  • a variant of these soles is one-piece thermoforming.
  • the SYNERGIA sole by Messrs Pautrot, Cron and Abribat (Canada) uses wave-activated crystals in a thin layer distributed between the support band of the sole and its covering band which emit a magnetic field.
  • the podiatric device proposed by Doctor Marignan includes a flexible optical filter of the gelatin type used in photography which is inserted in a sole opposite the reflex zone of the plant or the forefoot. The action of this device is limited to a frequency emitted by the subject.
  • Doctor Marignan also proposed a second electromagnetic device for skin stimulation by absorption of electromagnetic energy external to the device made up of passive electronic components.
  • This device can be included in a device - 4 - podiatry known to modify muscle tone.
  • the last four energy devices listed above have the particularity of delivering energy information inherent in the device used, on the reflex zones of the foot, without taking into account the neurological functioning state of the extrapyramidal system.
  • the problem posed is that of permanently regulating the muscular tone of the subject according to his activity and his own neuromuscular state without the correction device over-correcting or sub-correcting this state.
  • the applicant has devised a remarkable correction process in that it consists in having, opposite at least one reflex zone of the foot, a reflecting and diffusing surface in the support structure of said foot.
  • This process using a reflecting and diffusing surface is original in that it does not have its own energetic activity but behaves like a reflector of waves emitted by the human body, which - 5 - totally differentiates from the other neuromuscular tone correction methods mentioned above. Its action is neurological and energetic, without orthopedic action. It acts by reflection and by diffusion of the electromagnetic waves only emitted by the feet of the subject towards the ground.
  • the podiatric process according to the invention rebalances the functioning of the exteroceptive and proprioceptive receptors which are the sensitive starting point of the extrapyramidal chains. There is no risk of over-correction or under-correction of the postural tonic system which is self-correcting, the podiatric process remaining neutral if the postural tonic system works normally.
  • the above reflecting and diffusing surface is smooth and silvery or with a color whose wavelength varies in the visible spectrum from purple to red.
  • the originality of this podiatric process is to use a reflecting and diffusing surface whose active principle is notably its color and its quality of roughness.
  • Any smooth colored inert screen will have an action on the posture whose effect depends on its reflecting and diffusing power, therefore in particular on the color and the more or less smooth nature of the surface, on its location in relation to the reflex zones of the foot.
  • several reflecting and diffusing surfaces are arranged juxtaposed or separated, facing at least one reflex zone of the foot, in one or more layers of the support structure of the foot.
  • This reflecting and diffusing surface can, depending on the method of manufacturing the support structure, be inserted, fixed or embedded in the support structure of the foot.
  • the invention also relates to devices - 6 - for implementing the correction method of one invention.
  • the support structure of the foot in which the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface is disposed, facing at least one reflex zone of the foot is constituted by an independent sole slipping into a shoe consisting of a support strip and a cover strip.
  • the support structure of the foot in which the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface is disposed, facing at least one reflex zone of the foot is constituted by the first sole of a shoe.
  • the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface can also advantageously be arranged in a sole part: either in a half sole, or in three-quarter sole, or in a central part of a sole.
  • Figure 1 is a top view of such a sole.
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view of the drawing of Figure 1.
  • the sole of the invention referenced S as a whole, comprises a support strip 1 on which is fixed, at the height of the reflex zone or zones of the subject's foot, at least one surface provided with a reflecting power 2, the whole being - 7 - covered by a cover strip 3.
  • the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface 2 is produced from a plastic sheet of approximately 1 mm thick, cut to suitable dimensions so that it can be incorporated into the sole forming the support structure of the foot.
  • the cut part becomes a template which is then placed in a steel frame, with dimensions slightly larger than those of the template and 5 mm high.
  • the assembly is placed on a heating plate and brought to the melting point of the plastic used for the time necessary for the surface of the template in contact with the heating plate to become perfectly smooth. After complete cooling, the frame-template assembly is detached from the plate and the template removed from its frame.
  • the edges are trimmed with plastic drips and the template is then painted white, or silver or any other color whose wavelength varies throughout the visible spectrum from purple to red, by spraying. After these various manipulations, the template became a surface endowed with a reflecting power. It is fixed on the sole support strip 1 opposite one or more reflex zones of the foot, the smooth surface obtained by contact with the heating plate being turned towards the subject's foot.
  • the covering strip 3 is assembled to the strip-support, reflector assembly by bonding, heat-sealing or any other process known to those skilled in the art. According to other embodiments of the invention, the reflecting and diffusing surface can be obtained:
  • - from a white photographic reflector of the "colormatt" type from "Kodak” which will be placed as previously in the sole.
  • the support structure of the foot can also be a multilayer sole made up of several elements made of known materials, which appear to be superimposed by gluing, heat sealing or any other technique.
  • the advantage of using a reflecting and diffusing surface according to the method according to the invention is that it does not require any particular condition of use: the sole comprising this surface can be slipped into a shoe and used under a sock or a pantyhose without losing its effectiveness, and does not require any particular maintenance.
  • the results obtained by the process according to the invention are surprising. Instantly, a change in the subject's posture tone is obtained which tends to return significantly to a normal balance.
  • a double-blind study was carried out in order to compare the sole according to the invention with a placebo device of identical appearance. This study consisted of measuring:

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The invention concerns a method for correcting disorders caused by the tonic postural system imbalance, characterised in that it consists in arranging opposite at least one reflex zone of the foot, a reflecting and diffusing surface (2) in said foot support structure (S). Preferably, said reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is smooth and silvery whereof the wavelength varies in the visible spectrum from violet to red. The invention also concerns at least a device for implementing the method for correcting disorders caused by the tonic postural system imbalance.

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DISPOSITIF PERMETTANT DE CORRIGER LES TROUBLES DUS AUX DESEQUILIBRES DU SYSTEME TONIQUE POSTURALDEVICE FOR CORRECTING DISORDERS DUE TO IMBALANCES OF THE POSTURAL TONIC SYSTEM
La présente invention a trait au domaine médical et plus particulièrement à la correction des troubles dus aux déséquilibres du système tonique postural. Le système tonique postural est un ensemble neurologique comprenant différents capteurs exteroceptifs que sont le pied, l'oeil, la peau, l'appareil manducateur ainsi que les centres intégrateurs comme le thalamus, l'hypothalamus, les noyaux de la base comme le noyau caudé, le putamen, le pallidum, le noyau rouge, l'olive bulbaire et les centres supérieurs en particulier le cortex préfrontal et ses aires associatives. L'ensemble de ces capteurs et de ces centres nerveux sont reliés entre eux par des faisceaux de nerfs moteurs pour former ensemble le système extrapyramidal qui régule en permanence notre station érigée. Le système tonique postural intègre le système extrapyramidal qui est moteur et le système neurologique de la sensibilité proprioceptive et extéroceptive. Il reçoit une influence de l'oreille interne et du cervelet.The present invention relates to the medical field and more particularly to the correction of disorders due to imbalances in the postural tonic system. The postural tonic system is a neurological unit comprising various exteroceptive sensors such as the foot, the eye, the skin, the manducatory apparatus as well as the integrating centers such as the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the basic nuclei such as the caudate nucleus. , the putamen, the pallidum, the red nucleus, the bulbar olive and the upper centers, in particular the prefrontal cortex and its associative areas. All of these sensors and these nerve centers are linked together by bundles of motor nerves to form together the extrapyramidal system which permanently regulates our erected station. The postural tonic system integrates the extrapyramidal system which is motor and the neurological system of proprioceptive and exteroceptive sensitivity. It receives an influence from the inner ear and the cerebellum.
L'action du système tonique postural est en permanence antigravifique et régulatrice du mouvement qu'il prépare, déclenche, soutient, arrête et auquel il sert de contre appui . Il est le régulateur obligatoire du système pyramidal.The action of the postural tonic system is permanently anti-gravitational and regulates the movement which it prepares, triggers, supports, stops and for which it serves as a counter-support. It is the compulsory regulator of the pyramid system.
Lorsque tous les extérocepteurs fonctionnent harmonieusement, la station érigée et les mouvements sont assurés sans défaut et sans contrainte anormale. On peut alors constater sur un sujet debout, que : - de face, il est parfaitement équilibré et symétrique avec des lignes bipupillaires , biacromiales , - 2 - bistyloïdiennes, bimamelonnaires , biiliaques parfaitement horizontales ,When all the exteroceptors function harmoniously, the erected station and the movements are ensured without fault and without abnormal constraint. We can then see on a standing subject, that: - from the front, it is perfectly balanced and symmetrical with bipupillary, biacromial lines, - 2 - bistyloïdiennes, bimamelonnaires, biiliaques perfectly horizontal,
- de profil, le plan des épaules et le plan fessier sont alignés, avec des courbures cervicale et lombaire harmonieuses, respectivement de quatre et trois travers de doigts du sujet par rapport au plan d'alignement.- in profile, the plane of the shoulders and the gluteal plane are aligned, with harmonious cervical and lumbar curvatures, respectively of four and three across the subject's fingers with respect to the alignment plane.
Lorsqu'un capteur exteroceptif est fonctionnellement déficient, l'ensemble du tonus postural est affecté, obligeant les autres capteurs à adapter leur fonctionnement pour assurer la station érigée. Des déséquilibres posturaux apparaissent alors par rotations et bascules des ceintures scapulaire et pelvienne dans le plan frontal et horizontal, par une modification de l'alignement du plan des fesses et des épaules, dans le plan sagittal et par une modification des courbures lombaire et cervicale. Ces déséquilibres posturaux entraînent des contraintes anormales sur les disques intervertébraux, les articulaires postérieures des vertèbres, les articulations des épaules, des hanches, des genoux, des pieds, à l'origine de douleurs fonctionnelles articulaires par pathologie de contraintes. Le pied est le tampon terminal du système tonique postural : il reçoit toutes les contraintes venues du haut auxquelles il s'adapte dans un premier temps, avant de se fixer dans une statique et une dynamique anormale, devenant à son tour générateur de contraintes .When an exteroceptive sensor is functionally deficient, the whole postural tone is affected, forcing the other sensors to adapt their functioning to ensure the erected station. Postural imbalances then appear by rotations and rockers of the scapular and pelvic belts in the frontal and horizontal planes, by a modification of the alignment of the plane of the buttocks and shoulders, in the sagittal plane and by a modification of the lumbar and cervical curvatures. These postural imbalances cause abnormal stresses on the intervertebral discs, the posterior articulations of the vertebrae, the joints of the shoulders, hips, knees, feet, at the origin of functional joint pain by stress pathology. The foot is the terminal buffer of the postural tonic system: it receives all the constraints from the top to which it adapts at first, before settling in a static and abnormal dynamic, becoming in turn generator of constraints.
Il est nécessaire alors d'utiliser des orthèses plantaires pour traiter le pied et les chaînes posturales du système extrapyramidal qui s'y rattachent. A l'heure actuelle, il existe différentes conceptions de semelles pour traiter un défaut d'appui podal ou un déséquilibre de posture.It is then necessary to use plantar orthoses to treat the foot and the postural chains of the extrapyramidal system which are attached to it. Currently, there are different designs of soles to treat a foot pod defect or postural imbalance.
La plus ancienne est la semelle orthopédique classique qui utilise un support de base sur lequel sont aménagés des reliefs, par exemple des coins supinateurs - 3 - ou pronateurs, une barre rétrocapitale etc., d'une épaisseur variant de 0,5 à 1,5 cm. Une variante de ces semelles est le thermoformage monobloc.The oldest is the classic orthopedic sole which uses a basic support on which reliefs are arranged, for example supinator corners - 3 - or pronators, a retrocapital bar etc., with a thickness varying from 0.5 to 1.5 cm. A variant of these soles is one-piece thermoforming.
Plus récente est la semelle proprioceptive du Docteur Bourdiol qui utilise sur un support de base des petits reliefs inférieurs à 3 mm d'épaisseur disposés en regard de zones réflexes du pied. L'action de ces semelles est de type réflexe.More recent is the proprioceptive sole of Doctor Bourdiol which uses on a base support small reliefs less than 3 mm thick arranged opposite the reflex zones of the foot. The action of these soles is of the reflex type.
L'action de ces deux semelles est mécanique. La semelle de stimulation du Docteur Bricot de conception différente car elle utilise sur un support de base en cuir, une paire de plaques "Polaroid" croisées disposée en regard d'une zone centrale réflexe du pied à hauteur de la voûte plantaire. L'action de ces semelles est liée a l'utilisation de plaques "Polaroid" qui modifient localement le champ magnétique perçu par les capteurs du pied.The action of these two soles is mechanical. The stimulation sole of Doctor Bricot of a different design because it uses on a basic leather support, a pair of crossed "Polaroid" plates arranged opposite a central reflex zone of the foot at the height of the arch of the foot. The action of these soles is linked to the use of "Polaroid" plates which locally modify the magnetic field perceived by the foot sensors.
La semelle SYNERGIA de Messieurs Pautrot, Cron et Abribat (Canada) utilise des cristaux activés par onde de forme répartis en fine couche entre la bande-support de la semelle et sa bande de recouvrement qui émettent un champ magnétique.The SYNERGIA sole by Messrs Pautrot, Cron and Abribat (Canada) uses wave-activated crystals in a thin layer distributed between the support band of the sole and its covering band which emit a magnetic field.
Ces deux semelles ont un pouvoir émissif en générant ou en modifiant un champ électromagnétique. Le dispositif podologique proposé par le Docteur Marignan comprend un filtre optique souple du type gélatine utilisé en photographie qui est inséré dans une semelle en face de la zone réflexe de la plante ou de l'avant pied. L'action de ce dispositif est limitée à une fréquence émise par le sujet.These two soles have an emissive power by generating or modifying an electromagnetic field. The podiatric device proposed by Doctor Marignan includes a flexible optical filter of the gelatin type used in photography which is inserted in a sole opposite the reflex zone of the plant or the forefoot. The action of this device is limited to a frequency emitted by the subject.
Le Docteur Marignan a également proposé un deuxième dispositif électromagnétique de stimulation cutanée par absorption de l'énergie électromagnétique externe au dispositif constitué de composant électroniques passifs.Doctor Marignan also proposed a second electromagnetic device for skin stimulation by absorption of electromagnetic energy external to the device made up of passive electronic components.
Ce dispositif peut être inclus dans un dispositif - 4 - podologique connu pour modifier le tonus musculaire.This device can be included in a device - 4 - podiatry known to modify muscle tone.
Les quatre derniers dispositifs énergétiques énoncés ci-dessus ont la particularité de délivrer une information énergétique inhérente au dispositif utilisé, sur les zones réflexes du pied, sans tenir compte de l'état de fonctionnement neurologique du système extrapyramidal.The last four energy devices listed above have the particularity of delivering energy information inherent in the device used, on the reflex zones of the foot, without taking into account the neurological functioning state of the extrapyramidal system.
Le problème posé est celui de régulariser en permanence le tonus musculaire du sujet en fonction de son activité et de son état neuro-musculaire propre sans que le dispositif de correction sur-corrige ou sous-corrige cet état.The problem posed is that of permanently regulating the muscular tone of the subject according to his activity and his own neuromuscular state without the correction device over-correcting or sub-correcting this state.
Partant de ces constatations, le demandeur a mené des recherches qui ont abouti à un nouveau concept de correction des troubles dus aux déséquilibres du système tonique postural, permettant de remédier aux inconvénients des dispositifs précités en tenant notamment compte de l'état de fonctionnement neurologique du système extrapyramidal .On the basis of these findings, the applicant carried out research which led to a new concept for the correction of disorders due to imbalances in the postural tonic system, making it possible to remedy the drawbacks of the aforementioned devices, taking into account in particular the neurological functioning state of the extrapyramidal system.
Pour atteindre un tel objectif, le demandeur a imaginé un procédé de correction remarquable en ce qu'il consiste à disposer, en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe du pied, une surface réfléchissante et diffusante dans la structure d'appui dudit pied.To achieve such an objective, the applicant has devised a remarkable correction process in that it consists in having, opposite at least one reflex zone of the foot, a reflecting and diffusing surface in the support structure of said foot.
La présence de cette surface réfléchissante et diffusante dans la structure d'appui du pied en regard d'une ou plusieurs zones réflexes de celui-ci, offre de nombreux avantages et parmi ceux-ci :The presence of this reflecting and diffusing surface in the support structure of the foot opposite one or more reflex zones thereof, offers many advantages and among these:
- l'absence de caractère émissif propre, donc non active, - le renvoi au sujet des ondes électromagnétiques qu'il émet, en diffusant et en réfléchissant les rayons incidents .- the absence of its own emissive character, therefore not active, - the reference to the subject of the electromagnetic waves it emits, by diffusing and reflecting the incident rays.
Ce procédé utilisant une surface réfléchissante et diffusante est original en ce qu'il ne possède pas d'activité énergétique propre mais se conduit comme un réflecteur d'ondes émises par le corps humain, ce qui le - 5 - différencie totalement des autres procédés de correction du tonus neuro-musculaire ci-dessus évoqués. Son action est neurologique et énergétique, sans action orthopédique. Il agit par réflexion et par diffusion des ondes électromagnétiques uniquement émises par les pieds du sujet vers le sol.This process using a reflecting and diffusing surface is original in that it does not have its own energetic activity but behaves like a reflector of waves emitted by the human body, which - 5 - totally differentiates from the other neuromuscular tone correction methods mentioned above. Its action is neurological and energetic, without orthopedic action. It acts by reflection and by diffusion of the electromagnetic waves only emitted by the feet of the subject towards the ground.
Le procédé podologique selon l'invention rééquilibre le fonctionnement des récepteurs exteroceptif s et proprioceptifs qui sont le point de départ sensitif des chaînes extrapyramidales. Il n'y a aucun risque de surcorrection ou de sous-correction du système tonique postural qui est auto corrigé, le procédé podologique restant neutre si le système tonique postural fonctionne normalement . Selon une variante du procédé de l'invention, la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante est lisse et argentée ou avec une couleur dont la longueur d'onde varie dans le spectre du visible du violet au rouge.The podiatric process according to the invention rebalances the functioning of the exteroceptive and proprioceptive receptors which are the sensitive starting point of the extrapyramidal chains. There is no risk of over-correction or under-correction of the postural tonic system which is self-correcting, the podiatric process remaining neutral if the postural tonic system works normally. According to a variant of the method of the invention, the above reflecting and diffusing surface is smooth and silvery or with a color whose wavelength varies in the visible spectrum from purple to red.
L'originalité de ce procédé podologique est d'utiliser une surface réfléchissante et diffusante dont le principe actif est notamment sa couleur et sa qualité de rugosité. Tout écran inerte coloré lisse aura une action sur la posture dont l'effet dépend de son pouvoir réfléchissant et diffusant, donc en particulier de la couleur et de la nature plus ou moins lisse de la surface, de son emplacement par rapport aux zones réflexes du pied.The originality of this podiatric process is to use a reflecting and diffusing surface whose active principle is notably its color and its quality of roughness. Any smooth colored inert screen will have an action on the posture whose effect depends on its reflecting and diffusing power, therefore in particular on the color and the more or less smooth nature of the surface, on its location in relation to the reflex zones of the foot.
Selon une autre variante du procédé de l'invention, plusieurs surfaces réfléchissantes et diffusantes sont disposées juxtaposées ou séparées, en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe du pied, dans une ou plusieurs couches de la structure d'appui du pied.According to another variant of the method of the invention, several reflecting and diffusing surfaces are arranged juxtaposed or separated, facing at least one reflex zone of the foot, in one or more layers of the support structure of the foot.
Cette surface réfléchissante et diffusante peut, selon le mode de fabrication de la structure d'appui, être insérée, fixée ou incrustée dans la structure d'appui du pied.This reflecting and diffusing surface can, depending on the method of manufacturing the support structure, be inserted, fixed or embedded in the support structure of the foot.
L'invention concerne également des dispositifs - 6 - permettant de mettre en oeuvre le procédé de correction de 1 ' invention.The invention also relates to devices - 6 - for implementing the correction method of one invention.
Ainsi, selon un premier mode de réalisation, la structure d'appui du pied dans laquelle est disposée la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante, en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe du pied, est constituée par une semelle indépendante se glissant dans une chaussure se composant d'une bande-support et d'une bande de recouvrement . Selon un deuxième mode de réalisation, la structure d'appui du pied dans laquelle est disposée la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante, en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe du pied, est constituée par la semelle première d'une chaussure. La susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante peut aussi avantageusement être disposée dans une partie de semelle : soit dans une demi semelle, soit dans trois- quarts de semelle, soit dans une partie centrale d'une semelle . D'autres caractéristiques et d'autres avantages de la présente invention ressortiront plus clairement à la lecture de la description ci-après donnant, à titre d'exemple non limitatif et en regard des dessins annexés, un mode de réalisation d'une semelle de correction des troubles dus aux déséquilibres du système tonique postural, utilisant le procédé de l'invention. Sur ces dessins :Thus, according to a first embodiment, the support structure of the foot in which the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface is disposed, facing at least one reflex zone of the foot, is constituted by an independent sole slipping into a shoe consisting of a support strip and a cover strip. According to a second embodiment, the support structure of the foot in which the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface is disposed, facing at least one reflex zone of the foot, is constituted by the first sole of a shoe. The aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface can also advantageously be arranged in a sole part: either in a half sole, or in three-quarter sole, or in a central part of a sole. Other characteristics and other advantages of the present invention will emerge more clearly on reading the description below giving, by way of nonlimiting example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of a sole of correction of disorders due to imbalances in the postural tonic system, using the method of the invention. In these drawings:
La figure 1 est une vue de dessus d'une telle semelle . La figure 2 est une vue en coupe du dessin de la figure 1.Figure 1 is a top view of such a sole. Figure 2 is a sectional view of the drawing of Figure 1.
Telle qu'illustrée sur les dessins, la semelle de l'invention, référencée S dans son ensemble, comporte une bande-support 1 sur laquelle est fixée, à hauteur de la ou des zones réflexes du pied du sujet, au moins une surface dotée d'un pouvoir réfléchissant 2, l'ensemble étant - 7 - recouvert par une bande de recouvrement 3.As illustrated in the drawings, the sole of the invention, referenced S as a whole, comprises a support strip 1 on which is fixed, at the height of the reflex zone or zones of the subject's foot, at least one surface provided with a reflecting power 2, the whole being - 7 - covered by a cover strip 3.
Selon un mode de réalisation préférentielle de l'invention donné à titre illustratif, la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante 2 est réalisée à partir d'une feuille de plastique de 1 mm d'épaisseur environ, découpée aux dimensions convenables pour pouvoir être incorporée dans la semelle formant la structure d'appui du pied. La partie découpée devient un gabarit qui est ensuite disposé dans un cadre en acier, de dimensions légèrement supérieures à celles du gabarit et de 5 mm de haut. L'ensemble est placé sur une plaque chauffante et amené à la température de fusion du plastique utilisé pendant le temps nécessaire pour que la surface du gabarit en contact avec la plaque chauffante devienne parfaitement lisse. Après complet refroidissement, l'ensemble cadre- gabarit est décollé de la plaque et le gabarit sorti de son cadre. Les bords sont ébarbés des coulures de plastique et le gabarit est ensuite peint en blanc, ou argenté ou de toute autre couleur dont la longueur d'onde varie dans tout le spectre visible du violet au rouge, par pulvérisation. Après ces différentes manipulations, le gabarit est devenu une surface dotée d'un pouvoir réflecteur. Il est fixé sur la bande-support de semelle 1 en regard d'une ou plusieurs zones réflexes du pied, la surface lisse obtenue par contact avec la plaque chauffante étant tournée vers le pied du sujet. La bande de recouvrement 3 est assemblée à l'ensemble bande- support, réflecteur par collage, thermosoudage ou tout autre procédé connu par l'homme de métier. Selon d'autre modes de réalisation de l'invention, la surface réfléchissante et diffusante peut être obtenue :According to a preferred embodiment of the invention given by way of illustration, the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface 2 is produced from a plastic sheet of approximately 1 mm thick, cut to suitable dimensions so that it can be incorporated into the sole forming the support structure of the foot. The cut part becomes a template which is then placed in a steel frame, with dimensions slightly larger than those of the template and 5 mm high. The assembly is placed on a heating plate and brought to the melting point of the plastic used for the time necessary for the surface of the template in contact with the heating plate to become perfectly smooth. After complete cooling, the frame-template assembly is detached from the plate and the template removed from its frame. The edges are trimmed with plastic drips and the template is then painted white, or silver or any other color whose wavelength varies throughout the visible spectrum from purple to red, by spraying. After these various manipulations, the template became a surface endowed with a reflecting power. It is fixed on the sole support strip 1 opposite one or more reflex zones of the foot, the smooth surface obtained by contact with the heating plate being turned towards the subject's foot. The covering strip 3 is assembled to the strip-support, reflector assembly by bonding, heat-sealing or any other process known to those skilled in the art. According to other embodiments of the invention, the reflecting and diffusing surface can be obtained:
- à partir d'un réflecteur photographique blanc du type "colormatt" de chez "Kodak" qui sera disposé comme précédemment dans la semelle. - dans un autre matériau rendu lisse et de couleur blanche, argenté ou d'une couleur dont la longueur d'onde - 8 - varie dans tout le spectre du visible du violet au rouge : à titre d' exemple le matériau est du papier , du carton de l ' aluminium, de l ' or , de l ' argent .- from a white photographic reflector of the "colormatt" type from "Kodak" which will be placed as previously in the sole. - in another material made smooth and white, silver or a color whose wavelength - 8 - varies throughout the visible spectrum from purple to red: for example, the material is paper, cardboard, aluminum, gold, silver.
De même , plus ieurs surf aces réf léchi s santes et di f fusantes , de couleurs di f f érentes ou identiques , peuvent être aménagées sous différentes zones réflexes du pied .Likewise, more reflective and f ering ref ering surf aces, of dif ferent or identical colors, can be arranged under different reflex zones of the foot.
La structure d ' appui du pied peut être aussi une semelle multicouche composée de plusieurs éléments en matériaux connus , as semblés entre eux en couches superposées par collage , thermosoudage ou toute autre technique .The support structure of the foot can also be a multilayer sole made up of several elements made of known materials, which appear to be superimposed by gluing, heat sealing or any other technique.
L'avantage de l'utilisation d'une surface réfléchissante et diffusante selon le procédé selon l'invention est qu'il ne requiert aucune condition particulière d'utilisation : la semelle comportant cette surface peut être glissée dans une chaussure et utilisée sous une chaussette ou un collant sans perdre de son efficacité, et ne nécessite aucun entretien particulier. Les résultats obtenus par le procédé selon l'invention sont surprenants. Instantanément, on obtient une modification du tonus de posture du sujet qui tend à revenir significativement vers un équilibre normal. Une étude a été menée en double aveugle afin de comparer la semelle selon l'invention à un dispositif placebo d'aspect identique. Cette étude a consisté à mesurer :The advantage of using a reflecting and diffusing surface according to the method according to the invention is that it does not require any particular condition of use: the sole comprising this surface can be slipped into a shoe and used under a sock or a pantyhose without losing its effectiveness, and does not require any particular maintenance. The results obtained by the process according to the invention are surprising. Instantly, a change in the subject's posture tone is obtained which tends to return significantly to a normal balance. A double-blind study was carried out in order to compare the sole according to the invention with a placebo device of identical appearance. This study consisted of measuring:
- de face, les bascules des épaules et du bassin et la déviation de l'axe nombril racine du nez par rapport à la verticale, - de profil, l'alignement du plan des épaules et des fesses et les flèches des courbures cervicale et lombaire. Cette étude a montré qu'un sujet présentant une bascule des épaules ou du bassin ou à la fois des épaules et du bassin, voit ces bascules tendre vers l'horizontale dès le port de la semelle de l'invention. - from the front, the rockers of the shoulders and the pelvis and the deviation of the navel root axis of the nose from the vertical, - in profile, the alignment of the plane of the shoulders and buttocks and the arrows of the cervical and lumbar curvatures . This study has shown that a subject having a tilt of the shoulders or of the pelvis or both of the shoulders and of the pelvis, sees these rockers tend to horizontal as soon as the sole of the invention is worn.

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- 9 -REVENDICATIONS - 9 - CLAIMS
1. Dispositif permettant de corriger les troubles dus aux déséquilibres du système tonique postural, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QU'il est constitué par la structure d'appui (S) du pied comportant une surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2) qui, disposée en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe dudit pied, a une couleur dont la longueur d'onde varie dans le spectre du visible .1. Device for correcting disorders due to imbalances in the postural tonic system, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT it is constituted by the support structure (S) of the foot comprising a reflecting and diffusing surface (2) which, placed opposite at least one reflex zone of said foot, has a color whose wavelength varies in the visible spectrum.
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2) est lisse avec une couleur dont la longueur d'onde varie du violet au rouge.2. Device according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is smooth with a color whose wavelength varies from purple to red.
3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2) est blanche.3. Device according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is white.
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2) est insérée dans la structure d'appui (S) du pied. 4. Device according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is inserted in the support structure (S) of the foot.
5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2) est fixée dans la structure d'appui (S) du pied.5. Device according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is fixed in the support structure (S) of the foot.
6. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2) est incrustée dans la structure d'appui (S) du pied.6. Device according to claim 1, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is embedded in the support structure (S) of the foot.
7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite structure d'appui (S) du pied comporte en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe du pied, plusieurs surfaces réfléchissantes et diffusantes (S) juxtaposées ou séparées dans une ou plusieurs couches de la structure d'appui (S) du pied. 7. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid support structure (S) of the foot comprises, opposite at least one reflex zone of the foot, several reflecting and diffusing surfaces (S ) juxtaposed or separated in one or more layers of the support structure (S) of the foot.
8. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la - 10 - structure d'appui (S) du pied dans laquelle est disposée la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2), en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe du pied, est constituée par une semelle indépendante (S) se glissant dans une chaussure et se composant d'une bande-support (1) et d'une bande de recouvrement (3)8. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the - 10 - support structure (S) of the foot in which the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is disposed, facing at least one reflex zone of the foot, is constituted by an independent sole (S) sliding in a shoe and consisting of a support strip (1) and a cover strip (3)
9. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la structure d'appui (S) du pied dans laquelle est disposée la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2), en regard d'au moins une zone réflexe du pied, est constituée par la semelle première (S) d'une chaussure.9. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the support structure (S) of the foot in which is disposed the above reflecting and diffusing surface (2), facing at least one foot reflex zone, consists of the first sole (S) of a shoe.
10. Dispositif selon la revendication 8 ou 9, CARACTERISE PAR LE FAIT QUE la susdite surface réfléchissante et diffusante (2) est disposée dans une partie de semelle (S) : soit dans une demi semelle, soit dans trois-quarts de semelle, soit dans une partie centrale d'une semelle. 10. Device according to claim 8 or 9, CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT the aforesaid reflecting and diffusing surface (2) is arranged in a sole part (S): either in a half sole, or in three-quarter sole, or in a central part of a sole.
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