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Physiological evaluation and exercise system

  • US 5,597,373 A
  • Filed: 11/08/1991
  • Issued: 01/28/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for isolating, evaluating and exercising muscle groups of a hand of a test subject, comprising:

  • means for detecting the movements of the hand during abduction, opposition, flexion or extension of several or individual digits of the hand, said means for detecting translating the movements into rotational data for the system and effectively isolating the movements of said several or individual digits so that movements of other muscle groups of the test subject are not detected by the system; and

    means for providing a variable resistance to the means for detecting and for ascertaining the force applied to the means for detecting by the movements of said several or individual digits, said variable resistance including isotonic, isokinetic, and isometric modes of resistance against said several or individual digits.

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