512 results about "Exercise capacity" patented technology

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 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.

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 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.