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Rehabilitation method

  • US 5,551,950 A
  • Filed: 07/08/1993
  • Issued: 09/03/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rehabilitation method, comprising:

  • providing a rehabilitation device including a belt portion having first and second ends, a closure mechanism constructed and adapted to fasten the first and second ends together to form a loop, and a spacer attached to the belt intermediate the first and second ends wherein the spacer forms, in cooperation with the belt when the belt forms a loop, a left cuff for receiving a left limb and a right cuff for receiving a right limb, wherein said right cuff and said left cuff have a length and a diameter and the length is longer than the diameter,positioning a portion of an impaired limb of a patient in one of the left and right cuffs, and positioning a portion of a corresponding unimpaired limb of the same patient in the other of the left and right cuffs to cause the impaired limb of the patient and the unimpaired limb of the patient to remain symmetrically disposed; and

    moving the unimpaired limb and the constrained portion of the impaired limb together relative to the trunk of the patient by the muscles of the unimpaired limb of patient.

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