Patent ID: 8092347

Claim:
A device for training and/or analyzing a musculoskeletal system of a user, comprising: a stepping plate mounted on a base plate and being periodically and/or aperiodically movable by means of a driving mechanism, the driving mechanism including at least one drive shaft on which at least one cam is disposed, and at least one roll arranged to roll on an outer surface of the at least one cam and being disposed on a bottom surface of the stepping plate, wherein the stepping plate of the device is connected to the base plate by means of vertical guides that are stationarily disposed on the base plate, so that the stepping plate, supported in this way, can follow a vertical movement effected by the driving mechanism; the at least one cam has a first eccentric zone of a truncated design, so that a distance traveled by the at least one roll, rolling on a surface of the first eccentric zone, increases along an axial extension of the at least one cam; and the device comprises a vertical adjusting mechanism which allows a lift of the stepping plate to be modified by changing a position between the at least one roll and the at least one cam that co-operates with the at least one roll.