Patent ID: 7011605

Claim:
A therapeutic system for the exercise of target paralyzed musculoskeletal complex groups comprising: a rigid frame structure; a stimulation device that is situated upon the rigid frame structure, wherein the stimulation device provides graded electrical stimulation to a target paralyzed musculoskeletal complex group in order to induce functional standing in a system operator, and further, has the capability to accumulate data that corresponds to the standing angle of the system operator within the system; a passive restraint device that is attached to the rigid frame structure, wherein the passive restraint device is utilized to restrain an operator within the rigid frame structure and provide support to an operator in the event that functional electrically induced standing fails; a force application device in communication with the stimulation device, wherein the force application device applies resistive force to the targeted paralyzed musculoskeletal complex group of the system operator; a data storage system capable of storing various feedback data collected from the stimulation device and force application device; a processor in communication with the stimulation device, the force application device and the data storage system via at least one communication channel, wherein the processor comprises one or more processing elements that are programmed or adapted to: a) receive operator position/angle data from a sensor b) receive resistive force feedback data from the force sensor device; and c) transmit activation commands to the stimulation device.