Antiosteoporosis device and method
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1. A method for the prevention or alleviation of a condition of osteoporosis in a patient subject thereto, but having an intact weight-bearing bone structure, comprising the following steps:
- (1) locating said patient in a standing position upon an essentially horizontal platform,(2) locating said platform at a first level,(3) raising said platform to a second level which is elevated with respect to said first level,(4) powering said platform downwardly from said second level to said first level, so as to descend at a rate greater than the rate provided by the force of gravity alone, the distance from said second level to said first level being between about one-quarter inch and about two inches, thereby imparting a peak force greater than gravitational to bones of said subject upon said platform at the bottom of said descent to said first level, and(5) repeating said steps of raising and downwardly powering said platform.
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A method for the prevention or alleviation of a condition of osteoporosis which includes the step of placing a patient in a standing position upon a platform at a first level and repeatedly raising the platform to a second level and causing it to drop to said first level, thereby imparting force to the bones of the subject standing upon the platform for strengthening of and growth-promotion in the same, and means for carrying out the said method, are disclosed.
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1. A method for the prevention or alleviation of a condition of osteoporosis in a patient subject thereto, but having an intact weight-bearing bone structure, comprising the following steps:
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(1) locating said patient in a standing position upon an essentially horizontal platform, (2) locating said platform at a first level, (3) raising said platform to a second level which is elevated with respect to said first level, (4) powering said platform downwardly from said second level to said first level, so as to descend at a rate greater than the rate provided by the force of gravity alone, the distance from said second level to said first level being between about one-quarter inch and about two inches, thereby imparting a peak force greater than gravitational to bones of said subject upon said platform at the bottom of said descent to said first level, and (5) repeating said steps of raising and downwardly powering said platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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