Systems and methods for administering an exercise program
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1. A method of treating a disease or condition in a subject in need of treatment, the method comprising:
- (A) developing one or more exercise constraints as a function of the medical health information of the subject, including a state of the disease or condition;
(B) having the subject perform a plurality of fully contracted exercises using exercise equipment, thereby producing an exercise result, wherein said exercise equipment has one or more strain gauges in order to impose or monitor exercise constraints in the one or more exercise constraints;
(C) imposing a mandatory recovery period for said subject after step (B) during which time said subject does not perform the plurality of fully contracted exercises; and
(D) having the subject repeat steps (B) and (C) using a new set of one or more exercise constraints that were refined based upon the exercise result of a previous instance of step (B), thereby treating the disease.
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Abstract
An exercise machine includes loading contact surfaces. An actuator is configured to adjust a position of the loading contact surface. A user controls the actuator through a user interface to adjust the loading contact surface'"'"'s position in a first exercise session. A processor is configured to automatically monitor the loading contact surface'"'"'s position as adjusted by the user in the first exercise session, and to automatically control the actuator to move the loading contact surface in a subsequent session to the same or a different position as in the previous session.
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1. A method of treating a disease or condition in a subject in need of treatment, the method comprising:
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(A) developing one or more exercise constraints as a function of the medical health information of the subject, including a state of the disease or condition; (B) having the subject perform a plurality of fully contracted exercises using exercise equipment, thereby producing an exercise result, wherein said exercise equipment has one or more strain gauges in order to impose or monitor exercise constraints in the one or more exercise constraints; (C) imposing a mandatory recovery period for said subject after step (B) during which time said subject does not perform the plurality of fully contracted exercises; and (D) having the subject repeat steps (B) and (C) using a new set of one or more exercise constraints that were refined based upon the exercise result of a previous instance of step (B), thereby treating the disease. - 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)
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