Patent ID: 6213922
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: A61F,A63B

Abstract:
A method for treating patients with disturbed posture and motor activity, said method comprising:placing the patient within a device that includes supports located in a region of the patient's shoulders, elbows, hands, fingers, waist, knees, and feet, the device also including elastic tie-members interconnecting the supports, each shoulder support defining a cup-shaped shoulder harness, the device also including and a plurality of adjusters, each adjuster from the plurality of adjusters interposed between one of the elastic tie-members and one of the supports, wherein each of the adjusters is a band having a first end connected to the respective elastic tie-member and a second end held in a lock located on the respective support;positioning the shoulder supports to substantially cover the patient's shoulders;locating the elastic tie-members on body surfaces of the patient in antagonistic pairs with due account of an anatomical arrangement of the patient's skeletal muscles.