Patent ID: 6159168
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An anatomic torsion apparatus for detecting myofascial-musculoskeletal elasticity, the torsion apparatus comprising:an examination table for positioning a patient so that the muscles associated with a portion of the anatomy of the patient are relaxed;a rotational torque means for applying to the portion of the anatomy a rotational torque in a first direction and a rotational torque in a second direction opposite the first direction, with the rotational torque means including a first pad forcibly extendable transverse to a plane of the examination table and a second pad forcibly extendable transverse to the plane of the examination table; anda rotational displacement measuring means for measuring a rotational displacement of the portion of the anatomy in response to the application and removal of the rotational torque in the first direction and the application and removal of the rotational torque in the second direction, wherein:one of the first pad and the second pad is individually forcibly extended in the absence of the other of the first pad and the second pad being forcibly extended, and vice versa, whereby the rotational torque in the first direction is applied in the absence of rotational torque in the second direction and rotational torque in the second direction is applied in the absence of rotational torque in the first direction; andthe first pad and the second pad, when contracted, are substantially coplanar with the plane of the examination table.