Patent ID: 7086996
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: A61B,A63B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A balance training apparatus comprising a base; two vertical supporting rods, each connected at a lower end to said base by a joint having two degrees of freedom; a brace for supporting the pelvis of a user standing between the two vertical supporting rods, the brace being connected to an upper end of each of the vertical supporting rods by a joint having one degree of freedom allowing mutual movement between the brace and the vertical rods in a plane of the two vertical rods, means for biasing comprising a lower elastic part on at least one of the vertical rods and connecting a semi-rigid upper part of one of said rods to said base for biasing the user towards an upright position when deviating therefrom in a frontal plane as well as in a sagittal plane of the user, said lower elastic part constituting the joint between the base and the lower end of said one of said rods; and an adjustment device for adjusting the stiffness of the lower elastic part.