Patent ID: 6149550
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A61B,A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A muscle strength testing apparatus for measuring and displaying a force applied by a user, said apparatus comprising:a first upright post,a second upright post, positioned in parallel with the first upright post,a first and a second position adjustment means, said means slidingly placed about said respective first and second upright posts, said means having a central opening being larger in size then the size of said first and second upright posts, said openings accepting said respective posts, said means having a ""neutral"" and a ""tilted"" position, said means capable of sliding freely along said posts while in said ""neutral"" position, said means capable of being jammed and fixed in place while in said ""tilted"" position,a first and a second link plate, each plate being hingedly attached to said respective first and second position adjustment means, anda bar-like muscle strength testing mechanism having a first end, a middle portion and a second end, said first and second ends hingedly connected to said respective first and second link plates, said middle portion containing a plurality of tension sensors and a display unit for testing and displaying of said force applied to said bar-like mechanism while said first and second vertical position adjustment means being in said ""tilted"" position.