Patent ID: 9730853
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61H,B62J

Claim:
1. A method for treating mobility handicap in a patient affected by a neurodegenerative disease, comprising: treating the mobility handicap in the patient by performing mechanical stimulation steps for controlled and localized mechanical stimulation of one foot of the patient at a plurality of selected areas of the foot, the mechanical stimulation steps consisting of stimulation of a tip of the big toe and stimulation of a lower big toe metatarsal joint, respectively, said method being implemented according to predetermined parameters comprising a predetermined mechanical stimulation intensity, and at least one of a predetermined sequence for stimulating said selected areas of the foot and a predetermined duration of each of the mechanical stimulation steps, the step of treating comprising adjusting a tiltable front support of a base accommodating the one foot of the patient, the tiltable front support supporting the toes of the one foot of the patient, being tiltable with respect to a surface of the base, and having an actuator fixed thereto for performing the stimulation of the tip of the big toe, and a neurological test step, performed prior to the mechanical stimulation steps, of detecting the predetermined mechanical stimulation intensity to be used at the plurality of selected areas of the foot in the mechanical stimulation steps by determining an operating pressure at the plurality of selected areas of the foot corresponding to an occurrence of a patient's reflex to withdraw a leg or the foot of the patient.