511 results about "Exercise capacity" patented technology

A system for evaluating a person's athletic ability has a server or a computer system, and several testing locations. The server or computer system includes a database, a central processing unit, and a memory. The database stores results of tests previously subjected to a set of athletes from different physical activities. Each testing location includes testing tools used for subjecting the person to the tests. The results of the tests of the person are temporarily stored in the memory. The central processing unit compares the individual's tests results stored in the memory with the results in the database, and identifies at least one specific physical activity more compatible with the person based on the comparison.

A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Some segments may provide movement about more than one axis using a single actuator. The prosthetic arm apparatus may include a user interface incorporated therein and may include one or more communication systems for communicating with external devices.

In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to an athleticism rating method for normalizing and more accurately comparing overall athletic performance of at least two athletes. Each athlete completes at least two different athletic performance tests. Each test is designed to measure a different athletic skill that is needed to compete effectively in a defined sport. The results from each test for a given athlete are normalized by comparing the test results to a database providing the distribution of test results among a similar class of athletes and then assigning each test result a point number based on that test result's percentile among the distribution of test results. Combining the point numbers derived from the at least two different athletic performance tests for an athlete produces an athleticism rating score representing the overall athleticism of each athlete.

A prosthetic arm apparatus including a plurality of segments that provide a user of the prosthetic arm apparatus with substantially the same movement capability and function as a human arm. The segments are connectable to one another and connectable to a prosthetic support apparatus that may be adorned by the user. Each segment of the plurality of segments provides a portion of the movement capability, enabling the plurality of connected segments connected to the harness mount to provide substantially the same movement capability as that lacking in the user.

A method and system for automatically adjusting the operating parameters of a rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker in which maximum exertion levels attained by the patient are measured at periodic intervals and stored in order to compute or update a maximum exercise capacity. The slope of the rate-response curve is then adjusted to map an exertion level corresponding to the updated maximum exercise capacity to a maximum allowable pacing rate. In accordance with the invention, a maximum exercise capacity is determined by cross-checking periodic maximum exertion level sensor values with a motion-level sensor value.

The invention provides a composite transformation mobile robot combining an elastic foot and a wheel type motion mechanism, which comprises a space machine body frame unit of a foot-wheel composite mobile transformation robot, driving wheel drive units, driven wheel driven units, four modular leg units, a control sensing system unit, a hermetical casing and a power source. The robot used elastic foot replaces the traditional rigid foot to increase the kinetic stability of the robot and reduce the vibratility and impact force of the robot, and is combined with a wheel type moving method, so that the quick mobility and high efficiency of the wheel type movement on a flat ground can be guaranteed, and the excellent maneuverability and strong obstacle crossing function of the foot type moving, creeping and climbing motion under complex terrains such as complex mountain environment and city terrain can be taken into account; as the foot type composite transformation mobile robot adopts modular design, the foot and wheel cannot interfere each other, the maintenance and replacement are convenient, and the motion pattern is flexible and variable; and the athletic ability of the robot is improved in virtue of the mutual transformation, coordination and combination of the foot type motion and the wheel type motion.

The invention discloses an intelligent bodybuilding guidance system and a closed-loop guidance method of the system. The intelligent bodybuilding guidance system is characterized by being composed of a remote service platform composed of a questionnaire unit, an exercise target reasoning unit, an exercise scheme generating unit and a bodybuilding management unit, a health sign test module, an exercise ability test module and an intelligent bodybuilding equipment module, the questionnaire unit is used for collecting basic information and health information of a user, the health sign test module is used for acquiring test index data of initial health signs of the user, the exercise ability test module is used for acquiring test index data of initial exercise ability of the user, the exercise target reasoning unit is used for acquiring the exercise target of the user, the exercise scheme generating unit is used for generating an exercise scheme, the intelligent bodybuilding equipment module is used for executing the exercise scheme, and the bodybuilding management unit is used for evaluating the exercise effect and adjusting the exercise scheme. According to the intelligent bodybuilding guidance system, on the basis of the heath detection of the user, the scientific bodybuilding requirement is achieved through the whole set of software and hardware system integrating detection, evaluation, bodybuilding and feedback.

The invention discloses an EMG controlled air-operated soft body rehabilitative mechanical hand. The mechanical hand can help a stroke patient or a patient suffering from hand disability conduct hand rehabilitation activity. Different from a traditional rigid body type mechanical hand, every finger of the soft body mechanical hand is a hollow cavity structure composed of soft materials (super-elastic materials like silicone rubber and the like), a fiber and a limit strained layer is arranged on the periphery, soft body fingers are designed by combining structures of bending distortion, extending distortion, distortion, torsional and extending distortion, and motion distortion is achieved through air-operated driving. The EMG controlled air-operated soft body rehabilitative mechanical hand can achieve multi-section type bending similar to human's fingers, drives bending and stretching of stroke fingers, and restores a patient's athletic ability. The air-operated soft body rehabilitative mechanical hand has the advantages of low rigidity, high safety, high comfort, low weight, low noise and the like, has more remarkable superiority compared with current traditional mechanical rigid body type rehabilitative hand, and has very wide application prospect in the field of rehabilitation.

A system and method for automatically adjusting the operating parameters of a rate-adaptive cardiac pacemaker in which maximum exertion levels attained by the patient are measured at periodic intervals and stored. The stored maximum exertion levels may then be used to update a long-term maximal exertion level, and the slope of the rate-response curve is adjusted to map the updated long-term maximal exertion level to a maximum allowable pacing rate. In accordance with the invention, the rate response curve is defined such that an exertion level corresponding to the patient's maximum exercise capacity would be mapped to a physiologically favorable maximum rate that is independent from a specified maximum sensor indicated rate.

The invention relates to an external skeleton robot for exercising lower limbs and an exercise control method thereof. The robot comprises the following four parts of a support balance frame, external skeleton mechanical legs, a running machine and a control system. The exercise control method has two modes, namely a passive walking exercise mode and an active walking exercise mode. In the passive walking exercise mode, the robot is controlled to drive an operator to complete specific exercise or exercise by a correct physiological gait trajectory; in the active walking exercise mode, the robot inhibits the limited abnormal exercise of the operator, directly corrects the limited abnormal exercise or generates gait exercise trajectories expected by the operator through a self-adaptive controller and indirectly fulfills the aim that the robot supplies walking exercise auxiliary force and resistance. The external skeleton robot can improve the exercise ability of limbs of human bodies, can assist persons walking and can reduce the exercise intensity under the condition that the persons bear load or walk for a long time.

Aspects of this disclosure relate to systems and methods for rating the performance of an athlete, particularly a golf athlete. The systems and method may include instructing the user to perform multiple golf-relevant athleticism drills or tests such as a stepping exercise, a broad jump, a wood-chop bounce, a countermovement lateral hop and/or a side-sling object launch. One or more drills or tests may be performed in a hip-neutral manner so as to simulate a golfer's stance. The performance data collected from each of these tests may be input into a processing system to generate an athleticism rank and score for each test as well as an overall, multi-factorial rating of golf athleticism.

An external medical device is provided. The device can include monitoring circuitry configured to sense physiological information of a patient and a controller with one or more input components. The controller can be configured to: detect one or more patient events based, at least in part, on the physiological information; notify the patient of the detection of the one or more patient events; and receive a patient response to the notification. The patient response can include a response activity identifiable by the input component, which is configured to test a psychomotor ability of the patient, cognitive ability of the patient, strength, balance, stability, and flexibility of the patient, and/or to substantially confirm that a person performing the activity is the patient.

The invention discloses a gecko-like robot and a mechanical structure thereof, belonging to the field of special robots. The gecko-like robot is characterized by comprising a robot body frame, four limbs arranged on the robot frame and a passive tail, wherein each limb consists of a hip joint with two degrees of freedom, a thigh connecting rod, a knee joint with one degree of freedom, a crus, a passive ball hinge ankle joint with three degrees of freedom and a foot in sequence; the hip joint with two degrees of freedom consists of a hip joint leg-lifting steering engine (11) for controlling the limb to lift or fall and a hip joint leg-swinging steering engine (12) for controlling the limb to swing back and forth; and the knee joint with one degree of freedom consists of a knee joint steering engine (13). In the invention, the position of the degree of freedom on each leg can be reasonably arranged and the feedback control of a force sensor is added, so that the robot has favorable motion ability on the ground and the wall surface.

The invention discloses an exoskeleton with the function of assisting in jumping through energy storage of springs, relates to an exoskeleton, and solves the problems that a conventional exoskeleton is mainly used for enhancing walking or running, and an exoskeleton used for improving the simple exercise capacity of a human body has not yet been provided. The exoskeleton comprises a left leg, a right leg and a back. Both the left leg and the right leg comprise thighs, calves, feet, hip joints, knee joints and ankle joints. The back is rotationally connected with the thighs through the hip joints. The thighs are rotationally connected with the calves through the knee joints. The calves are rotationally connected with the feet through the ankle joints. The exoskeleton further comprises a driving motor, a lead screw pair, an energy storage spring pulling plate, an energy storage spring releasing plate, a pull ring, a stay cord, a connecting plate, an auxiliary pressure spring mechanism, return poking rods, two hooks, two guide rails, two energy storage springs, two reset springs, two first traction driving steel wire ropes, two second traction driving steel wire ropes, two auxiliary pulleys, two reserving pulleys and two connecting rods. The exoskeleton is used for assisting in walking or jumping.

The invention discloses a wearable type knee joint power-assisted robot. The wearable type knee joint power-assisted robot comprises a control system part (1), flexible execution mechanisms (2 and 3), foot sole thin film pressure sensor groups (4 and 5), and the like. The wearable type knee joint power-assisted robot has the advantage that a miniature air pump is used as a pneumatic power source, the flexible execution mechanisms (2 and 3) acting on knee joints adopt the air bag boosting and torsion spring energy accumulation combined type flexible action method, the gait parameters are collected and fed back in real time by the foot sole thin film pressure sensor groups (4 and 5), the flexible execution mechanisms (2 and 3) are controlled in real time by the control system part (1) of the knee joint power-assisted robot, and the flexible torque which assists the bending and extension of the knee joints is provided according to the gait cycle in the people walking process, so that the purpose of flexible walking assisting is realized for persons with degraded lower limb exercise capacity or without lower limb exercise capacity.

The invention provides a self-adaptive speed planning method and a self-adaptive speed planning system. The self-adaptive speed planning method comprises the steps of: creating a speed constraint curve according to a constraint condition of a motion platform, wherein the speed constraint curve comprises a constraint speed at each position in a motion path of the motion platform; determining head and tail end point speeds of each section in the speed constraint curve according to motion parameters; and generating a speed planning curve according to the head and tail end point speeds of each section, the motion parameters and the speed constraint curve, wherein the speed planning curve comprises interpolation data of each periodic time node in an operating path of the motion platform. The self-adaptive speed planning method and the self-adaptive speed planning system adjust a feed speed in a self-adaptive manner according to the capability of the motion platform, maximize the actual motion capability of the motion platform, and can greatly improve the efficiency of the motion platform.

Motion of an object of interest, such as a cell, has a variable velocity that can be varied on a cell-by-cell basis. Cell velocity is controlled in one example by packing cells into a capillary tube, or any other linear substrate that provides optically equivalent 360 degree viewing access, so that the cells are stationary within the capillary tube, but the capillary tube is translated and rotated mechanically through a variable motion optical tomography reconstruction cylinder. The capillary tube motion may advantageously be controlled in a start-and-stop fashion and translated and rotated at any velocity for any motion interval, under the control of a computer program. As such, there are several configurations of the optical tomography system that take advantage of this controlled motion capability. Additionally, the use of polarization filters and phase plates to reduce light scatter and diffraction background noise is described.

A prosthetic foot is disclosed for improving the gait and comfort qualities of the amputee that participates in walking, running and jumping activities. The prosthetic foot allows hindfoot triplanar motion and has hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot dynamic response, and midfoot and forefoot biplanar motion capabilities. An ankle joint and a subtalar joint provided in the hindfoot permit closed kinetic chain motion of the foot. The ankle and subtalar joints are preferably formed integrally with the hindfoot by respective struts of resilient material of the hindfoot. An arch in the midfoot creates frontal and sagittal plane motion capabilities. The forefoot includes at least one expansion joint hole extending therethrough between dorsal and plantar surfaces. An expansion joint extends forward from the hole to the anterior edge of the forefoot to form plural expansion struts that create improved biplanar motion capability of the forefoot. Concavities and convexities on the surface of the hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot encourage desired motions and motion directions so that the foot functions and feels like a normal foot to the amputee. The forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot portions can be inexpensively formed from a single piece of resilient material such as a semi-rigid plastic as by molding or machining.

The sock donning device is an apparatus that allows an individual of limited ability of movement to put on a sock. The device includes a pair of laterally spaced, hinged, telescoping rods that are connected to a substantially ovoid or circular hoop assembly, with rollers positioned about its circumference. The device is mounted to a base that may be made from wood or similar material. The rollers and hoop assembly hold an upper portion of the sock open as the user inserts his or her feet into the sock.

The invention relates to a strength-restoring health-care food and preparation method thereof. The health-care food is made of soybean oligopeptide as main component and polysaccharide, complex vitamines, mineral matter, etc, viz. soybean oligopeptide, high-maltose powder, white granulated sugar, vitamine B1, vitamine B2, vitamine C, vitamine E, nicotinic acid, calcium lactate, potassium chloride, sodium chloride, zinc gluconate, L-carnitine tartrate, anhydrous citric acid, acesulfame-k, and IFF concentrated vanilla. The invention is provided with unique formulation, and can rapidly supplying energy and nutrient, especially protein, for dissipating fatigue, promoting restoration of skeletal muscle, strengthening immunologic function, improving motion ability, rapidly restoring physical strength, etc, thereby it can contribute to health, disease-resistance improvement, and motion score improvement, accordingly, the health-care food can be used for soldiers, sportsmen, moderate or hard physical labors in training or working, and be suitable for acute or chronic fatigue patients to use for a long time.