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Equipment for testing the kinesthetic abilities of a person's extremities

  • US 3,973,332 A
  • Filed: 01/28/1975
  • Issued: 08/10/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for testing kinesthetic memory which comprises:

  • a rod including means for receiving a force exerted by the person being tested, said rod being moved by said force;

    resilient means connected to said rod opposing with a progressively increasing counterforce the movement of said rod caused by said exerted force;

    indicator means responsive to movement of said rod caused by said exerted force, said indicator means comprising circuit means, movement discrimination means responsive to the relative movement of said rod included in said circuit means, and indicia means interconnected into said circuit means whereby the amount of force applied to said rod in an individual test is registered by said indicia means, said indicia means comprising a series of separate characters for individually indicating the various forces which may be applied to said rod, said circuit means including clamping means for maintaining differentially relative to the other said characters in registration in said indicia means only one character of said series of characters, said one character indicating the highest force attained in each individual test; and

    reset means for inactivating said clamping means for further individual tests.

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