Patent ID: 6948365

Claim:
A method for measuring a force (F) exerted at hand level, comprising the steps of: having a user grasp, with one hand, a pair of levers ( 3 , 4 ) located on a frame ( 2 ), at least one ( 4 ) thereof being movable; having the user exert force (F) against a resisting action of a contrast element ( 8 ) connected to the at least one movable lever and having a known resistance parameter (k); measuring a displacement (θ) given by the user to the at least one movable lever; and processing the measuring carried out in such a way to compute the force (F) exerted according to the measured displacement and to the resistance parameter of the contrast element; wherein said step of measuring the displacement given by the user to the at least one movable lever ( 4 ) provides the measuring of an angular displacement (θ) of said lever.