Patent ID: 8333722

Claim:
A method of exercising a joint of a patient's limb comprising: actuating the joint in a first direction to flex the joint and move the joint to a flexed position using an actuation arm of an exercise device; maintaining the joint in the flexed position with the actuation arm for a first predetermined period of time; after expiration of the first predetermined period of time, actuating the joint in a second direction opposite to the first direction using the actuation arm to extend the joint until at an extended position a measured linear pressure between the actuation arm and the patient's limb equals a predetermined target linear pressure entered into a controller of the exercise device; maintaining the joint at the extended position for a second predetermined period of time; and wherein pressure is exerted on the limb by the actuation arm at a point superior to the patient's foot in only a single direction when the joint is flexed, and at a point superior to the patient's foot in only a single direction when the joint is extended.