Patent ID: 9707466
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61H,A63B,G09B,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for guiding a user towards a target rhythmic musculoskeletal activity cycle (MSKC) to cardiac cycle (CC) timing relationship, comprising: providing a recurrent prompt from a prompt device to a user, wherein the recurrent prompt is provided to guide the user to time performance of a rhythmic musculoskeletal activity with the recurrent prompt; detecting a first signal responsive to the CC of the user using a first sensor; determining, with a processor, a CC rate of the user from the first signal; detecting a second signal responsive to the MSKC of the user using the first sensor or a second sensor; identifying, with a processor, a target MSKC-to-CC timing relationship; determining, with a processor, an actual MSKC-to-CC timing relationship between the CC and the MSKC; comparing, with a processor, the actual MSKC-to-CC timing relationship to the target MSKC-to-CC timing; and adjusting the recurrent prompt based on a difference between the actual MSKC-to-CC timing relationship and the target MSKC-to-CC timing relationship so as to guide the user to reduce the magnitude of the difference.