A wearable apparatus for the treatment or prevention of osteopenia or osteoporosis, stimulating bone growth, preserving or improving bone mineral density, and inhibiting adipogenesis is disclosed where the apparatus may generally comprise one or more vibrating elements configured for imparting repeated mechanical loads to the hip, femur, and/or spine of an individual at a frequency and acceleration sufficient for therapeutic effect. These vibrating elements may be secured to the upper body of an individual via one or more respective securing mechanisms, where the securing mechanisms are configured to position the one or more vibrating elements in a direction lateral to the individual, and the position, tension, and efficacy of these vibrating elements may be monitored and/or regulated by one or more accelerometers.

A primary object of the present invention is to provide a control method for a massage machine and a massage element of a massage machine which can provide pressing and rubbing kneading to a person to be treated. A control method for a massage machine contains a controlling process for individually controlling operations of a kneading motor 331 for operating a pair of massage elements 321, 322, width adjustment motors 341, 342 for adjusting a width between the pair of massage elements 321, 322, a strength-and-weakness motor 351 for adjusting strength of the pair of massage elements 321, 322 and an up-and-down motor 361 for adjusting movement of the pair of massage elements 321, 322 in an up-and-down direction.

The present soft tissue mobilization device has a quick-release bar clamp and various attachments for its jaws that exert pressure on soft tissue to improve mobility. The bar clamp allows for applying sustained and incremental pressure at various angles. The shape of the attachment surfaces that contact the soft tissue are either complementary toward each other, when they are intended to squeeze the targeted soft tissue between them, or to the body structure against which they are intended to press. Combining a more helpful means of generating and exerting pressure with the right surface contours significantly improves the overall effectiveness of the device, diminishes any associated pain and discomfort, and reduces the time necessary to achieve results.

The present disclosure relates generally to a massage device, for example, suitable for massaging the muscles of a person. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a vertical massage device including a vertical track, a carriage coupled to the vertical track, a massage component disposed on the carriage, and a drive that is connected to the carriage and configured to move the carriage along the vertical track.

A barbell massage roller includes a roller core having a roller core cavity defined therein. A longitudinal center axis of the barbell massage roller extends through a center of the roller core cavity. The barbell massage roller further includes a roller body having a roller body cavity defined therein. The roller body is disposed on the roller core. The roller body further includes a plurality of helical clusters, each including a plurality of helical protrusions. Each of the plurality of helical protrusions define at least one curved massage surface area. At least the roller core cavity is shaped and sized such that the barbell massage roller is capable of being installed onto a sleeve of a barbell, thereby permitting a user to administer self-massage when the barbell massage roller is installed onto the sleeve of the barbell. At least one method of using a barbell massage roller is disclosed.

A system and method for aiding wearers with ataxia. The system and method embodying removably positioning vibratory devices adjacent to just above each hip bone of the wearer and adjacent to each ankle of the wearer. The vibratory devices can be selectively and programmatically controlled to provide haptic signals for improving proprioception and thereby improving the gait and balance of the wearer.

A wearable neck brace uses, for example, only three actuators but provides natural motion of the head and neck. This is achieved despite the fact that the head has six degrees of freedom including 3 translation and 3 rotation. In embodiments, a wearable neck brace actively controls the head of the wearer responsively to commands from a user interface such as an eye tracking input device. In further embodiments, a force-field is generated by actuators to provide assistance and/or training for weak muscles. Spring compensation may be provided for a passive support with flexibility. Encoders may be provided to generate treatment logs to support analysis of a patient's condition or progress or to provide therapy-facilitating (or athletic training-facilitating) feedback to the user.

A motion assistance apparatus may include a first fixing member to be fixed to a portion of a user, a second fixing member to be fixed to another portion of the user, a driving source provided in the first fixing member, a power transmitting member connected between the driving source and the second fixing member, a sensing portion configured to sense a fixing state of the first fixing member or the second fixing member, and a controller configured to control the driving source based on information received from the sensing portion.

The present invention relates to an external counterpulsation system that senses biosignals to monitor a heart condition and performs external counterpulsation on the basis of the monitored heart condition. The external counterpulsation system includes: a compression device wrapping around limbs of a subject to compress or decompress the wrapped limbs; and a controller configured to calculate compression timing and decompression timing for the external counterpulsation by analyzing an electrocardiogram signal and a blood flow rate signal among the sensed biosignals, and control the compression device on the basis of the calculated compression timing and decompression timing. As described above, the present invention can automatically control compression timing and decompression timing, thus ensuring that, unlike the related art technology, the problem of inconvenience that an operator has to control the compression and decompression timings while continuously monitoring procedure is solved, and that operators without specialized knowledge can use the system easily.

To allow the elastic member to smoothly expand and contract while suppressing increase in size and preventing curving of the elastic member, a tensile force generating device (60) includes: a base member (23); a guide pipe (29) having a base end (29a) fixed to the base member and a free end (29b), the guide pipe being provided with a first slot (29c) extending in a longitudinal direction; a tubular elastic member (30) fitted over the guide pipe 29 and having a base end (33) supported by the base member on a side of the base end (29a) of the guide pipe (29); a flexible wire (41) passed into the guide pipe (29) from a side of the base end (29a) of the guide pipe (29); an end member (44) slidably mounted on the guide pipe (29) and supporting a free end (34) of the elastic member (30); and a slider (50) slidably received in the guide pipe (29), joined to a tip of the wire (41), and joined to the end member (44) through the first slot (29c).