JP2013039150A - Underwater walking device for rehabilitation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an underwater walking device for rehabilitation, wherein water wetting of a drive means rotationally driving an endless belt is prevented so as to make a rehabilitation desiring person getting on the endless belt positively walk underwater.SOLUTION: This underwater walking device A for rehabilitation includes: a box body H storing hot water thereinside; forward and rearward rollers 23, 24 disposed oppositely to a bottom panel 11; the endless belt 25 wound between the rollers 23, 24; a pulley 42 disposed above a liquid surface; a driving belt 43 wound between a pulley p directly connected to the forward roller 23 and the pulley 42; and an electric motor 41 whose driving shaft is connected to the pulley 42. The rehabilitation desiring person M is got to get on the endless belt 25, and the electric motor 41 is operated to rotationally drive the endless belt 25, so that the rehabilitation desiring person M is made to walk underwater. In the underwater walking device A for rehabilitation, the water wetting of the electric motor 41 can be prevented.

Description

  The present invention relates to an underwater walking device for rehabilitation for performing rehabilitation of a rehabilitation person who has reduced physical function of legs and hips.

  DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART Conventionally, the rehabilitation apparatus using the buoyancy of water is known (refer patent documents 1-6).

JP 2010-148838 A JP 2004-113682 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-114087 JP 2002-177351 A JP 2002-17889 A Utility Model Registration Request No. 3153417

(Problem of Patent Document 1)
Elderly people without physical strength are difficult to get in and out of the training bus.
During training such as stepping exercises and bicycle rowing exercises, unused steps interfere with the training.
(Problem of Patent Document 2)
Because it is powerless, it is difficult to walk on an endless belt.
(Problem of Patent Document 3)
The drive motor in the tank occupies a large space and there is a risk of leakage.

(Problems of Patent Document 4)
Since a step-like (non-driven) endless path is adopted, the apparatus is large-scale and has a large operating resistance during the up-and-down movement.

(Problem of Patent Document 5)
Since it is a structure which drives an endless track (non-driving) by a person's walking power, the operation resistance at the time of driving is large.

(Problem of Patent Document 6)
In the case of small animals, the underwater treadmill is compact and can be manufactured lightly, so it can be installed in an aquarium or washing place, but in the case of human use, it is large and heavy, so it can be installed in a bathtub. Is difficult.

A first object of the present invention is to provide an underwater walking apparatus for rehabilitation that prevents the driving means that rotationally drives the endless belt from getting wet in order to make a rehabilitation person who is placed on the endless belt actively walk underwater. .
A second object of the present invention is to provide a rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus that prevents the driving means for rotating the endless belt from being wetted and that can adjust the difficulty level of the rehabilitation person who wants to walk underwater. A third object of the present invention is to provide a rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus that prevents the rehabilitation requester on the endless belt from underwater walking and prevents the rehabilitation requester from entering and leaving the box. It is in.

(About claim 1)
The rehabilitation underwater walking device has a rectangular parallelepiped box that is open at the top and can store water or hot water inside, a front / rear roller that is disposed opposite to the box bottom at a predetermined distance, and a front -An endless belt that spans between the rear rollers, a driving pulley that is placed above the front roller and above the liquid level in the box, and a driving belt that is spanned between the pulley directly connected to the front roller and the driving pulley The belt includes a driving means that connects the driving shaft to the driving pulley and is positioned above the liquid level.

Rehabilitation applicants whose physical functions of the legs and hips have declined enter the box and rest on the endless belt.
Keep water or hot water inside the box.
The drive means is operated to rotate the drive shaft, and the drive pulley is rotated.
As a result, the driving belt rotates to drive the pulley and the front roller, and the endless belt stretched between the front and rear rollers rotates.
Since the endless belt rotates, the rehabilitation applicant who is placed on the endless belt is urged to maintain the same position, and thus actively walks underwater.

  Since the drive means is positioned above the liquid level, it is possible to prevent the drive means from getting wet. Further, since the drive means is not installed in the part of the box where water or hot water is stored, the storage space in the box is not occupied by the drive means.

(About claim 2)
Since the driving means (electric motor) is positioned above the liquid level, it is particularly suitable in the case of an electric motor in which water wetting is strictly prohibited.

(Claim 3)
The drive means is a water flow motor that operates with a water flow. Since the drive means (water flow motor) is positioned above the liquid level, the storage space in the box is not occupied by the water flow motor.
In addition, when circulating and filtering the water and hot water in a box, the water flow can be diverted to a water flow motor.

(About claim 4)
The front and rear rollers are positioned so that the upper surface of the endless belt is inclined forward and upward.
For this reason, the rehabilitation person who rides on the endless belt can walk underwater with a feeling of climbing a hill.

(Claim 5)
When jetting water or hot water with air bubbles from the front inner wall of the box to the ventral side of the rehabilitation applicant, in addition to the massage effect, the rehabilitation applicant will walk underwater toward the jet stream. , Can increase the momentum.
In addition, when jetting water or hot water with bubbles from the rear inner wall of the box to the rehabilitation requester's back side, in addition to the massage effect, the rehabilitation requester is pushed by the jet stream and walks underwater. This makes it easier to walk underwater.
Therefore, the rehabilitation underwater walking device can easily adjust the difficulty level of the rehabilitation person who wants to walk underwater.

(About claim 6)
A drop-in type entrance is provided on any wall surface of the box or a part of any wall surface of the box.
To use it, put a person who wants rehabilitation into the box before dropping the board into the doorway, drop the board into the doorway, close it, and put water or hot water into the box.
In addition, after draining water and hot water in the box, pull out the door board and the like, and take out the rehabilitation applicant from the door.
Since the rehabilitation underwater walking device does not need to go in and out of the box by climbing or descending the wall surface of the box, it can easily enter and leave the box.

(About claim 7)
Casters are arranged at the four corners of the bottom of the box. For this reason, movement and transportation of the rehabilitation underwater walking device are easy.

It is explanatory drawing of the rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which the rehabilitation wisher uses the rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus. It is explanatory drawing of the rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the waterproof suit which a rehabilitation applicant wears.

  The form for inventing is demonstrated based on FIGS.

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The rehabilitation underwater walking device A (corresponding to claims 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7) has a treadmill T fixed to a bottom plate 11 of a rectangular parallelepiped box H.
The box H (made of wood) is open at the top and can store water or hot water inside.
The box H includes a bottom plate 11, a front wall 12, a rear wall 13, a right wall 14, and a left wall 15.

The bottom plate 11 is manufactured by arranging a plurality of horizontally long timbers in a rectangular shape and bonding the contact surfaces with an adhesive. The bottom plate 11 has a drain hole a and is closed with a rubber plug g.
The front wall 12 and the rear wall 13 are manufactured by laminating a plurality of horizontally long woods whose left and right ends are shaped into an L shape, and vertically stacking them together, and bonding the contact surfaces with an adhesive. It is.
The right wall 14 and the left wall 15 are manufactured by laminating a plurality of horizontally long woods whose left and right ends are shaped in an L shape to form a horizontally long rectangular shape and bonding the contact surfaces with an adhesive. It is.
The front wall 12, the rear wall 13, the right wall 14, and the left wall 15 are joined together by an L-shaped rectangular phase joint and assembled in a box shape by an adhesive and a screw.

On the inner surface of the front wall 12 and the inner surface of the rear wall 13, jet outlets f <b> 1 and f <b> 2 are provided for jetting hot water in the form of a jet together with bubbles to the abdomen and back sides of the rehabilitation applicant M.
Raising and lowering ladders h1, h2, and h3 are screwed to the lower, middle, and upper portions outside the rear wall 13. In addition, elevating ladders h4 and h5 are attached to the middle and lower portions inside the rear wall 13.
Furthermore, U-shaped plates 16, 16 are screwed to the upper end surfaces of the right wall 14 and the left wall 15, and a handrail fitting 17 is screwed to the upper end surface of the U-shaped plate 16.
In addition, casters 10 are disposed at the four corners of the bottom plate 11 of the box H.

  The treadmill T includes a base portion 2 disposed in the front-rear direction of the bottom base 11, a handle 3 extending upward from the front side of the base portion 2, a drive portion 4 including an electric motor 41, and a driving operation. And an operation unit 5 for performing various displays, and a controller 6.

The base portion 2 is disposed in the front-rear direction of the bottom plate 11 and includes frame tubes 21 and 21 arranged to face each other, and a belt support plate 22 that connects the frame tubes 21 and 21, and includes a belt support plate. 22 is inclined forward (several degrees).
A rotation shaft of the front roller 23 is attached to the front portion of the frame tube 21, and a rotation shaft of the rear roller 24 is attached to the rear portion of the frame tube 21.
An endless belt 25 is stretched between the front roller 23 and the rear roller 24 so as to wind the belt support plate 22.

The handle 3 includes standing pipe parts 31 and 31 that stand vertically from the front part of the frame pipe 21, and curved pipe parts 32 and 32 that curve in an approximately S shape from the upper ends of the standing pipe parts 31 and 31. It comprises a horizontal pipe portion 33 to which ends of the curved pipe portion 32 are connected.
The drive unit 4 includes an electric motor 41 disposed on the installation plate 40 above the liquid level above the front roller 23, a pulley 42 connected to the motor drive shaft of the electric motor 41, and a pulley p of the front roller 23. A driving belt 43 stretched between pulleys 42;

The operation unit 5 is disposed in the horizontal pipe portion 33 of the handle 3 and has four buttons and a liquid crystal display panel 50.
The first button is a display mode changeover switch, and each time it is pressed, the display scan, walking speed, walking time, travel distance, and calorie consumption are switched.
The second button is a start / end switch that switches between operation and stop each time it is pressed.
The third button is a down switch, and each time the button is pressed, the amount of power supplied to the electric motor 41 decreases, and the rotational speed of the endless belt 25 decreases (minimum 0.8).
The fourth button is an up switch, and each time it is pressed, the energization amount to the electric motor 41 increases and the rotation speed of the endless belt 25 increases (maximum 5.0).
In addition, when the magnet disk attached to the end of the string falls off from the adsorption table, the electric current to the electric motor 41 is cut off.

  The controller 6 equipped with the microcomputer controls the amount of electricity supplied to the electric motor 41 based on the operation instruction of the operation unit 5 and also determines the walking speed, walking time, and travel distance based on the amount of electricity supplied to the electric motor 41. , And calories burned.

Next, how to use the rehabilitation underwater walking device A will be described.
After confirming that the drain hole “a” of the bottom plate 11 is closed with the rubber plug “g”, injection of hot water (30 ° C. to 42 ° C.) with a hose or the like into the box H is started. When entering the box H, the injection is stopped at a predetermined amount of hot water.

A rehabilitation applicant M who wears naked or seawater pants is climbed on the ladders h1, h2, and h3, and the ladders h4 and h5 are lowered to be placed on the endless belt 25 in the box H.
The rehabilitation applicant M sets a magnet disk attached to the end of a string connected to the arm ring on the suction stand, and stands by holding the handrail fitting 17 or the curved pipe portion 32 with his / her hand.

The rehabilitation applicant M or the rehabilitation caregiver operates the buttons of the operation unit 5 to set the walking speed and the walking time so that the walking movement suitable for the rehabilitation applicant M is achieved.
The electric motor 41 operates to rotate the drive shaft, and the pulley 42 rotates.
The driving belt 43 rotates to drive the pulley p and the front roller 23, and the endless belt 25 stretched between the front roller 23 and the rear roller 24 rotates.
In addition, if necessary, hot water is jetted out from one of the jet outlet f1 or the jet outlet f2 along with bubbles to the abdomen or back side of the rehabilitation applicant M.

The rehabilitation applicant M walks on the endless belt 25 for a predetermined walking time and performs rehabilitation.
When the set walking time ends, the rehabilitation applicant M climbs the ladders h5 and h4, and descends the ladders h1, h2, and h3 and goes out of the box H.

The rehabilitation underwater walking device A of Example 1 has the following advantages.
Since the endless belt 25 rotates, the rehabilitation applicant M who is placed on the endless belt 25 is encouraged to keep the same position, and thus can actively walk underwater.

  Since the electric motor 41 is positioned above the liquid level, the electric motor 41 for rotating the endless belt 25 through the pulley 42, the driving belt 43, the pulley p, and the front roller 23 is prevented from getting wet. be able to. Further, since the electric motor 41 is not installed in the box H where hot water is located, the space in the box 1 is not occupied by the electric motor 41.

The front roller 23 and the rear roller 24 are positioned so that the upper surface of the endless belt 25 is inclined forward and upward.
For this reason, the rehabilitation person M who rested on the endless belt 25 can walk underwater with the feeling of climbing a hill.

In the case where water or hot water is jetted together with bubbles from the spout f1 on the inner surface of the front wall 12 of the box H, in addition to the massage effect, the rehabilitation applicant M walks underwater toward the jet water flow f. Therefore, you can increase the amount of exercise.
In addition, when water or hot water is jetted in the form of a jet together with air bubbles from the spout f2 on the inner wall of the rear wall 13 of the box H to the back side of the rehabilitation applicant M, rehabilitation is performed on the jet water flow f in addition to the massage effect. The person M is pushed and walks underwater, so it is easier to walk underwater.
Therefore, the rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus A can easily adjust the difficulty level of the rehabilitation desire person M in underwater walking.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention (corresponding to claims 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7) will be described with reference to FIGS.
The rehabilitation underwater walking device B is formed by fixing a treadmill to a bottom plate 71 of a box-shaped box J having a rectangular parallelepiped shape. The following points are slightly different from the rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus A of the first embodiment.

The box J (made of plastic) is open at the top and can store water or hot water inside.
The box J includes a bottom board 71, a front wall 72, a rear wall 73, a right wall 74, and a left wall 75. The bottom plate 71 has a rectangular shape, is provided with a drain hole, and is closed with a rubber plug.
The front wall 72 and the rear wall 73 are vertically long rectangular shapes.
The right wall 74 and the left wall 75 have a horizontally long rectangular shape.
Casters 10 are disposed at the four corners of the bottom plate 71 of the box J.

The front wall 72, the right wall 74, and the left wall 75 are box-shaped by injection molding or the like.
In addition, a drop-in / out opening 76 is formed in the rear wall 73 of the box J to drop the plate 70 between the opposing concave grooves.
In addition, the rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus B of the present embodiment does not have the ejection ports f1 and f2 on the inner walls of the front wall 72 and the rear wall 73.

Next, how to use the rehabilitation underwater walking device B will be described.
After confirming that the inside of the box J is empty, the plate 70 of the rear wall 73 is pulled up and pulled out.
Rehabilitation applicant N wears waterproof suit s and enters box J from doorway 76 and rests on the endless belt of the treadmill.
The plate 70 is dropped between the concave grooves, and the drain hole of the bottom panel 71 is closed with a rubber stopper.
The rehabilitation applicant H holds the curved pipe part by hand until the completion of injection, injects hot water (30 ° C. to 42 ° C.) with a hose or the like into the box J, and stops injection when reaching a predetermined hot water surface.

  The rehabilitation applicant N sets a magnetic disk attached to the end of a string connected to the arm ring on the suction stand, and waits by holding the handrail fitting 17 or the curved pipe portion with his hand.

The rehabilitation applicant N or the rehabilitation caregiver operates a button on the operation unit, and sets the walking speed and walking time so that the walking movement is suitable for the rehabilitation applicant N.
The electric motor operates to rotate the endless belt.

The rehabilitation applicant N walks on the endless belt for a predetermined walking time and performs rehabilitation.
When the set walking time is over, the rubber plug is removed from the drain hole and all hot water in the box J is drained.

The plate 70 dropped between the concave grooves of the box J is pulled up and pulled out.
The rehabilitation applicant H changes clothes inside the box J while wearing the waterproof suit s and goes out of the box J from the entrance 76 of the box J.

The rehabilitation underwater walking device B of Example 2 has the following advantages.
Since the endless belt rotates, the rehabilitation applicant N who is placed on the endless belt is urged to maintain the same position, and thus can actively perform underwater walking.

  Since the electric motor is positioned above the liquid level, the electric motor can be prevented from getting wet. Moreover, since the electric motor is not installed in the box J where hot water is located, the space of the box J is not occupied by the electric motor.

The front roller and the rear roller are positioned so that the upper surface of the endless belt is inclined forward and upward.
For this reason, the rehabilitation desire person N who rested on the endless belt can walk underwater with the feeling of climbing a hill.

In the rehabilitation underwater walking device B of the second embodiment, the rear end of the box J drops into a drop-in type entrance / exit 76 in which the rear wall 73 is dropped between opposing concave grooves formed in the rear portions of the right wall 74 and the left wall 75. It has become.
For this reason, the rehabilitation applicant N can go in and out of the box J only by pulling up and pulling out the rear wall 73 dropped between the opposing concave grooves, and there is no need to raise or lower the ladder.
In addition, since it is not necessary to go up and down the ladder J with the waterproof suit s worn, there is no problem such as sliding on the ladder or falling from the ladder.

The present invention includes the following embodiments in addition to the above embodiments.
a. In addition to the electric motor, the driving means may be a water flow motor that operates with a water flow (corresponding to claim 3). In that case, since the water flow motor is located above the liquid level, the box is not narrowed. Moreover, when circulating and filtering water and hot water in the box, the water flow may be used for a water flow motor.

b. In the rehabilitation underwater walking apparatus B of the second embodiment, the drop-in type entrance 76 may be provided on a part or the whole of the wall (front wall 72, right wall 74, left wall 75) other than the rear wall 73 (claim). 6).

  Rehabilitation applicants who are placed on an endless belt are urged to maintain the same position, and therefore actively walk underwater to promote rehabilitation.

10, 70 Caster 23 Front roller 24 Back roller 25 Endless belt 41 Electric motor (drive means)
42 Pulley 43 Driving belt 76 Entrance / exit A, B Underwater walking device for rehabilitation H, J Box M Rehabilitation applicant p Pulley

Claims (7)

A rectangular parallelepiped box that opens at the top and can store water or hot water inside,
Front and rear rollers disposed opposite to the bottom of the box at a predetermined distance;
An endless belt spanned between the front and rear rollers;
A driving pulley disposed above the liquid level in the box above the front roller;
A pulley directly connected to the front roller and a driving belt stretched between the driving pulley;
A driving shaft coupled to the driving pulley, and driving means positioned above the liquid level;
Rehabilitation applicants whose physical functions of the legs and legs have fallen enter the box and rest on the endless belt,
Rehabilitation characterized in that the rehabilitation person is made to walk underwater by operating the driving means and rotating the driving belt and the endless belt while water or hot water is stored inside the box. Underwater walking device.   The rehabilitation underwater walking device according to claim 1, wherein the driving unit is an electric motor.   The rehabilitation underwater walking device according to claim 1, wherein the driving means is a water flow motor that operates by a water flow.   4. The rehabilitating underwater walking device according to claim 1, wherein the front and rear rollers are positioned such that an upper surface of the endless belt is inclined forward and upward. 5.   Water or hot water is jetted together with bubbles from the front inner wall of the box to the ventral side of the rehabilitation applicant or from the rear inner wall of the box to the back side of the rehabilitation applicant. The rehabilitation underwater walking device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   6. The drop-in type entrance is provided on any wall surface of the box or a part of any wall surface of the box. 6. Underwater walking device for rehabilitation.   The underwater walking apparatus for rehabilitation according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein casters are disposed at four corners of the bottom surface of the box.

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