35 results about "Gluteus maximus muscle" patented technology

The invention provides a compression garment (50) for clothing a body part, such as a lower torso and the legs. The body part includes a muscle ridge, such as a lateral edge of the gluteus maximus (49). Compression garment (50) has first and second panels of stretchable material joined by a seam (32). At least part of the seam (32) is adapted to correspond to at least part of the muscle ridge, being at the edge of the gluteus maximus (49). The invention also provides a method of manufacturing a compression garment, using an algorithm to calculate size changes to produce desired compression.

Physical fitness garments are disclosed. In an embodiment, a garment for being placed in contact with a wearer's limb includes a base layer having a base level resistance to stretching, and an activation element coupled to the base layer, the activation element comprising a lattice pattern and having a resistance to stretching greater than the base level resistance to stretching, wherein said activation element is configured to be placed in contact with the back of the wearer's thigh, not to extend above the upper most extent of the gluteus maximus, and not to extend below the knee, and wherein the garment is configured to be able to cause increased activity in a first muscle in the wearer's limb during a locomotion movement via an increase in the resistance to contraction of the first muscle provided by the garment during locomotion of the wearer.

A surgical procedure for replacing a destructed hip joint with an artificial joint is disclosed. The present invention provides a two-incision minimally invasive surgery for total hip arthroplasty. This method comprises positioning of the patient on a lateral decubitus position and a series of surgical techniques including a first skin incision over the anterior side of the trochanteric area of the femur (ranging from 3 cm to 10 cm), intermuscular dissection between the Gluteus muscle (Gluteus minimus and medius) and Tensor fascia lata muscle, incision of the anterior joint capsule, osteotomy of the femoral neck, removal of the femoral head and neck, acetabular reaming and socket insertion, secondary skin incision over the Gluteus maximus muscle (ranging from 1 cm to 6 cm), dissection through the muscle fiber of the Gluteus maximus, intermuscular dissection between the Gluteus medius and Piriformis, partial incision of the joint capsule, femoral reaming, femoral stem insertion, femoral head insertion, joint capsule closure and skin closure.

A training method and device for the lower body providing a mode of exercise that manifests as a functional, closed-kinetic-chain training of the gluteus maximus and the hamstrings in a natural sequential firing pattern. The device construction allows an upright stance so that during exercise the lower body mimics a stride action, as in walking. By combining this natural stride action with adjustable resistance elements in the device, a wide range of uses, from strength training to rehabilitation, are achieved. The device generally includes footplates that are movable in forward and backward directions and also can be simultaneously moved upward against resistance. The heel of the foot can simultaneously be raised with respect to the toe of the foot, also against resistance.

Functional pants include a pant body, two front bands, two rhombic bands and two back bands. The two rhombic bands are disposed corresponding to the wearer's gluteus medius muscles that work to extend and lift the legs during a long-distance running. The rhombic bands are adapted to enhance the extensibility and reduce fatigue of the gluteus medius muscles. The front and back bands alternatively impart a stretching force to the wearer when the wearer's legs are repeatedly kicking and lifting during running, enabling the wearer to run with less effort. Thus, the functional pants have a significant effect on reducing fatigue, and are suitable for long-distance runners.

A training apparatus for training a gluteus maximus muscle. The training apparatus includes a load application device for producing a certain load. A seat section is provided for supporting a body of a trainee. A pivotally operative arm section is provided to receive the load produced by the load application device. A step is provided attached to the arm section, for resting a sole of the trainee thereon. The trainee is able to train the gluteus maximus muscle by repeating extending and bending actions of a leg while lying down on the seat section and resting the sole on the step. In this training apparatus, the step is rotated in linkage with a pivotal operation of the arm section.

The invention is an inflatable seat cushion. The cushion includes inflatable cells, a pump, a flow control valve and tubing. The cells include at least one inflatable and deflatable first cell configured and arranged to support the ischial tuberosity bones of a human seated on the cushion, and at least one inflatable and deflatable second cell configured and arranged to support at least a portion of the gluteus maximus muscles of a human seated on the cushion. The flow control valve and accompanying tubing is operable to mutually exclusively place the pump in fluid communication with the at least one first cell or the at least one second cell.

An apparatus for exercising the gluteus maximus comprising a body section curved to support the lower, middle and upper back and neck areas, a cam associated with the underside of the body for permitting the user to rock from a resting to a full extension position, and, a pair of shoulder members extending outward from said body and curved slightly toward the lower part of the body section to retain the shoulders on the apparatus when in use.

A passive exercise apparatus for use in an erect, non-recumbent seating position that provides an unstable platform capable of encouraging an omni-directional involuntary rocking motion that will result in the involuntary contractions of muscles involved in maintaining muscle tone and promoting proper posture (viz., the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and gluteus minimus muscles, external oblique muscles, and other muscles in the abdominal, lumbar/sacral, and pelvic regions) in order to counterbalance the rocking forces. The purpose of the device is to provide continuing involuntary contractions of these muscle groups (a recognized form of EXERSITTING, which is the combined execution of concentric and isometric muscle exertion and contractions performed while sitting on the apparatus of the present invention in order to help maintain muscle tone and encourage good seated posture.

The current invention is an exercise apparatus that relates to the field of exercise. The apparatus is a freestanding machine with the primary purpose of exercising the lower abdominal muscles, although other muscle groups may be exercised secondarily. The primary muscles targeted include the rectus abdominis and the tendinous inscriptions. The following muscles may be exercised secondarily while either engaged in lower abdominal exercises or while performing exercises specific to each muscle group: the tensor fasciae, rectus femoris and the vastus lateralis; the biceps femoris, adductor magnus, semitendinosus gracillis and semimembranosus; the gluteus medialis and the gluteus maximus; thoracolumbar fascia and the erector spinae, triceps brachii.

The present invention relates to a garment (1), and more particularly an underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment (1) for a female. The underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment comprises an open-sided structural frame (10) and a fabric covering (20) for the structural frame. The structural frame (10) includes an anterior contoured loop (15) and a posterior stem (12), relative to a wearer of the garment in normal use, wherein the anterior contoured loop (15) is adapted for surrounding the mons-pubis region, genitals and anus of a female wearer and has a perimeter that is contoured to conform to and engage with the anatomy of the female wearer. A portion of the perimeter of the anterior contoured loop (15) is adapted for tensioned engagement with the inner thigh muscles of a female wearer when worn, in a standing position or whilst walking. The posterior stem (12) is shaped so as to be engageable by the gluteus maximus muscles of the female wearer when worn. The anterior contoured loop (15) and the posterior stem (12) are formed in a sprung-biased arrangement relative to one another such that when the underwear, sportswear or swimwear garment (1) is worn on the female body, a tensile force is transferrable from the posterior stem to the anterior frame portion.

The gluteal muscles are exercised using a vertical lift strategy. It is much improved over common buttock exercise methods of sitting, laying, squatting or pushing weight horizontally. The (GM) power lift apparatus is operated in a standing position. Using commercial exercise design methods, the GM power lift apparatus is designed around the lifting of a variable weight plate stack. Three pullies redirect the pull force of the weight plate under the operator's foot as lift on the gluteus maximus muscle group. The new standing design allows improved muscle agitation by making the gluteus maximus muscle group lift a vertical payload, the maximum angle of force. During the power lift stroke, the foot, leg and back muscles are vertically synchronized to horizontal stretched forearms providing greater strength management.

The invention discloses a hip joint stabilizing belt. The hip joint stabilizing joint comprises a hip belt and a leg belt which can be bound to one side of the thigh, and the two ends of each of the hip belt and the leg part can both be connected in a repeatedly opening and closing mode; a hard fixing plate which is detachable and simulates skeleton shin clusters is vertically and downwards arranged at the outer side of the thigh from the upper end of the hip belt, and extends downwards to the lower portion of the leg belt; an inclined front-wide elastic belt for simulating iliopsoas, iliacus and pectineal muscles and a front-narrow elastic belt for simulating sartorius are arranged at the front of the anter of the hip belt, the upper end of the front-wide elastic belt is aslant fixed to the anter and is located at the lower portion of the musculus obliquus externus abdominis, and the upper end of the front-narrow elastic belt is aslant fixed to the portion, close to the upper end of the hard fixed plate, of the anter; a rear-wide elastic belt for simulating gluteus maximus and a rear-narrow elastic belt for fixing the rear-wide elastic belt are aslant arranged at the front of the rear part of the hip belt. The hip joint stabilizing belt is simple in structure and convenient to use, can be used as replacement treatment of splints and plaster fixation, and is applicable to all patients who cannot control the body movement range.

The invention discloses waist-tightening abdomen-contracting leg-straightening hip-lifting trousers and a preparation method thereof. The back faces of a crotch and trouser legs are provided with adhesive pressing layers, the adhesive pressing layers extend from the outer edges of gluteus major muscles of the human body to the vastus lateralis, the rectus femoris and the vastus intermedius, the adhesive pressing layers are further arranged around the knee joints of the human body, and the adhesive pressing layers play a role in buffering and protecting; the motion stretching of a wearer is facilitated; in addition, a hip lifting line is correspondingly arranged at the crotch, a leg line is correspondingly arranged on one side of each trouser leg, and a waist shaping part is correspondingly arranged at the trouser waist, so that the waist, the hip and the legs of the human body are shaped; a plurality of trouser leg knots are arranged on the trouser legs, and the trouser legs are automatically cut through the trouser leg knots.

Disclosed is a child somatosensory pressure garment. The child somatosensory pressure garment comprises a one-piece body shaping garment; the one-piece body shaping garment comprises a front garment and a back garment; an opening is formed in the upper part of the front garment of the one-piece body shaping garment; two pectoralis major lifting pull pieces are arranged on the outer layer on the upper part of the front garment of the one-piece body shaping garment; the upper portions of the pectoralis major lifting pull pieces are connected with an elastic strap of the back garment of the one-piece body shaping garment through straps; the elastic strap is connected with a trapezius lifting pull piece at the outer layer; the trapezius lifting pull piece is connected with a gluteus maximus lifting pull piece through a spine connecting piece, and the gluteus maximus lifting pull piece is arranged at the position of the hip of the back garment. The child somatosensory pressure garment of the invention is an adult-like body shaping garment and is a one-piece garment with vest shorts, wherein the shorts cover knee joints; and by reinforcing tightness of fascia and ligament, joint stability is improved, strength is enhanced, and the somatosensory feeling of a child is improved, thereby promoting the development of the movement ability, and helping a child patient with low movement capability, attention-deficit disorder, hyperactivity, slow mental development, and the like.

The invention discloses muscle strength measuring equipment developed based on sports anatomy. The equipment structurally comprises a base, a machine box, a supporting frame, a handrail and a measuring structure. The machine box is vertically installed at the upper end of the base, the supporting frame is horizontally installed at the side end of the machine box, the handrail is installed on the inner side of the supporting frame, and the outer side of the measuring structure is installed on the inner side of the supporting frame in an embedded mode. The measuring structure comprises a rotating shaft, a side plate, a limiting structure, a rotating structure, a support plate and a supporting plate. The side plate is vertically installed at the lower end of the rotating shaft, and the limiting structure is installed at the side end of the side plate in an embedded mode. The limiting structure is arranged on the outer side of the side plate and the support plate, so that leg exertion positions are limited respectively, the influence caused on measured data due to muscle exertion of other parts is prevented, and the accuracy of the data is ensured. The rotating structure is arranged between the side plate and the support plate, a rotating part is limited while leg limiting is conducted, effective limiting can be conducted when the gluteus major muscle is measured, and the situationthat the movement of the gluteus major muscle affects measured data is prevented.

The invention discloses an auxiliary standing and sitting mechanism for nursing and a working method thereof.The auxiliary standing and sitting mechanism for nursing comprises a positioning module, a tibialis anterior muscle nursing module, a gluteus maximus nursing module and a supporting module, and the positioning module is used for positioning the feet of a patient so that the two feet of the patient can be separated; the tibialis anterior muscle nursing module is used for nursing and massaging tibialis anterior muscle and blood vessels around the tibialis anterior muscle of a patient, the gluteus maximus nursing module is used for nursing and massaging gluteus maximus and blood vessels around the gluteus maximus of the patient, and the supporting module is used for supporting and fixing the upper body trunk of the patient. And in the standing and sitting posture switching process of the patient, the trunk of the patient can move in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The paraplegia patient can be assisted in standing up and sitting down, the gluteus major muscle and blood vessels of the patient are massaged through the gluteus major muscle nursing module so as to promote blood circulation of the gluteus major muscle of the patient, and the phenomenon that local tissues of the waist and the buttocks of the patient are pressed for a long time, bedsores occur, and tissue ulceration and necrosis are caused is avoided.