Vis-a-vis the forearm of the bone density

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the positioning of forearms in a bone density measuring apparatus for forearms.;SOLUTION: A grip 28 is positioned at a prescribed point on a table 18 and holding the grip, and an examinee puts his forearms on the table 18 keeping his hands and forearms in contact with a contact pad 36. This accomplishes the positioning of the forearms with the position of the grip 28 as reference. An elbow pad 30L is slid to contact the elbows of the forearms positioned to detect the positions of respective elbow heads 56. The position at which the bone density is measured is located on the far side of the forearms, that is, closer to the hands. The positioning made with the grip 28 as reference prevents the measuring position of the bone density from being affected by the physical constitution of the examinee, thereby simplifying the work of the positional adjustment of the forearms.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT