Device for carrying out an active motion therapy method and shaped body of such a device
First Claim
1. A method of active motion therapy of limbs to be trained using a bulk material of shaped body plastic pieces having rounded outer contours, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) filling the bulk material of plastic pieces into a container;
b) immersing the limb to be trained into the container and into the bulk material of plastic pieces; and
c) exercising the limb within the bulk material following step b), wherein the shaped body plastic pieces comprise a first plane defined by a first substantially oval outer periphery of the shaped body, the shaped body being symmetrical relative to said first plane, a second plane substantially perpendicular to said first plane and defined by a second substantially oval outer periphery of the shaped body, the shaped body being asymmetrical relative to said second plane, and a third plane defined by a third outer periphery of the shaped body, said third plane being substantially perpendicular to said first plane and to second plane, said shaped body being asymmetrical relative to said third plane.
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Abstract
A shaped body (1) of plastic material with rounded outer contours is used for carrying out a method of active motion therapy by filling bulk material (11) of shaped bodies (1) into a container (12). The limbs (13) to be trained are immersed into the bulk material (11) and exercises are carried out. The shaped body (1) is symmetrical relative to a first plane defined by a first substantially oval outer periphery (U1) of the shaped body (1), asymmetrical relative to a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane and defined by a second substantially oval outer periphery (U2) of the shaped body (1), and asymmetrical relative to a third plane defined by a third outer periphery (U3) of the shaped body (1), which is substantially perpendicular to both the first and second planes. The shaped body effects a resistance to motion which is nearly independent of the exercising direction.
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1. A method of active motion therapy of limbs to be trained using a bulk material of shaped body plastic pieces having rounded outer contours, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) filling the bulk material of plastic pieces into a container; b) immersing the limb to be trained into the container and into the bulk material of plastic pieces; and c) exercising the limb within the bulk material following step b), wherein the shaped body plastic pieces comprise a first plane defined by a first substantially oval outer periphery of the shaped body, the shaped body being symmetrical relative to said first plane, a second plane substantially perpendicular to said first plane and defined by a second substantially oval outer periphery of the shaped body, the shaped body being asymmetrical relative to said second plane, and a third plane defined by a third outer periphery of the shaped body, said third plane being substantially perpendicular to said first plane and to second plane, said shaped body being asymmetrical relative to said third plane. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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