Assisting Device For Adopting The Correct Posture Of Lower Limbs And For Pursuing Walking Activity

摘要

A fitness/medical device assisting the movement of the lower limbs during the walking activity is substantially composed of fastening means firmly connected to the shoes, of a set of substantially rigid rods (7, 7A) connecting said fastening means with articulation joints (6, 6A1 8, 8A, 9) of further means for connecting said fastening means, and of elastic means (5) acting between said rods and said connection means. The shape and joints of the various components of the kinematic mechanism allows accumulating the energy produced by one of the lower limbs when getting in contact with the ground, in order to give it back to the other lower limb when lifting from the ground, so producing a great reduction of the energy needed in the walking activity and at the same time promoting the acquisition of a correct posture. Several adjustments in size and hardness can be performed to render the device suitable to users with different characteristics and to make it useful in medical ambit in order to eliminate posture pathologies of the lower limbs.