Detector unit, an arrangement and a method for measuring and evaluating forces exerted on a human body
First Claim
1. A detector unit for measuring, analysing and presenting acceleration data describing forces exerted on a person'"'"'s skeletal system in conjunction with the person'"'"'s activity performance, which detector unit comprises:
- at least one acceleration; and
a processing unit with a memory for carrying out by a first analysis means a first session-specific analysis based on the acceleration data and for saving the results from that analysis, characterised in that the processing unit is arranged so as to utilise measurement data from an acceleration sensor, which data comprise peak values of measured momentary acceleration values and the number of said peak acceleration values during a session, and the first analysis means for making an assessment on the development of bone mass in the first analysis.
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Abstract
The invention relates an arrangement (10) for measuring and presenting forces exerted on body, describing the amount and intensity of physical exercise. The arrangement according to the invention comprises a detector unit (11), a communications device (13), a server (14) and a database (16) connected therewith, and a data presentation means (18). Furthermore, the invention relates to a detector unit (11) used in the arrangement and a method using the arrangement for measuring and analyzing the effectiveness and amount of physical exercise.
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33 Claims
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1. A detector unit for measuring, analysing and presenting acceleration data describing forces exerted on a person'"'"'s skeletal system in conjunction with the person'"'"'s activity performance, which detector unit comprises:
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at least one acceleration; and a processing unit with a memory for carrying out by a first analysis means a first session-specific analysis based on the acceleration data and for saving the results from that analysis, characterised in that the processing unit is arranged so as to utilise measurement data from an acceleration sensor, which data comprise peak values of measured momentary acceleration values and the number of said peak acceleration values during a session, and the first analysis means for making an assessment on the development of bone mass in the first analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An arrangement for measuring, analysing and presenting forces exerted on the skeletal system of the body of a person during an exercise performance, which arrangement comprises:
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a detector unit comprising a means for measuring, by means of acceleration measurements, forces exerted on the skeletal system of a body during an exercise performance, and a first analysis means for carrying out a first session-specific analysis based on said measurement results, and a means for saving and presenting the results from the first analysis, a communications device to which the results from the first analysis are to be transferred over a wireless link, a server to which the results from the first analysis are to be transferred from the communications device via one or more communications networks for a second analysis of the acceleration measurement data, a database connected with the server, which database contains an exercise history of a person and different causal relations concerning various groups of people, and a device suitable for presenting the results from the second analysis, to which device the results from the second analysis, processed by the server, are to be transferred via a communications network, which second analysis describes the quantity and exertion level of the forces exerted on the skeletal system of a body during an exercise performance, characterised in that the server is arranged to utilise in the second analysis the second analysis means and data saved in the database about the peak values of measured momentary acceleration values and the number of said peak acceleration values during a session for producing an evaluation of bone mass development. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for measuring, analysing and presenting, based on acceleration measurements, data describing forces exerted on the skeletal system of the body of a person during an exercise performance, which method comprises:
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a step in which the person performing a physical exercise has on him or her a detector unit measuring acceleration data in order to continuously measure the quantity and exertion level of accelerations experienced by the skeletal system of the body of the person, a step in which said acceleration measurement data continuously measured by the detector unit are transferred to a first or second analysis means, a step in which said measurement data are analysed by analysis means, and a step in which the results from the analysis are presented in order to evaluate the effects of the amount and exertion level of the forces exerted on the body of the persons characterised in that the analysis means is used for making an evaluation of the development of bone mass on the basis of the measurement data obtained from an acceleration sensor, which data comprise peak values of measured momentary acceleration values and the number of said peak acceleration values during a session. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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