Apparatus for exercise and rehabilitation of the muscles around the cervical spine and/or the motional pattern of the cervical spine via rotatory training motion of the head

摘要

Apparatus for exercising the muscles around the cervical spine and/or the motional pattern of the cervical spine with a rotation exercise movement of the head, said apparatus comprising an equipment frame (1), a turning arbor (2) mounted on the equipment frame with bearings permitting rotation of the arbor about a vertical axis, a head rest element (3) for holding the head, said head rest element being connected to the turning arbor (2) and comprising means for holding the head of the person performing the exercise movement substantially immobile in the head rest element. The apparatus comprises a turning device (4) connecting the head rest element (3) to the turning arbor (2) so as to allow simultaneous turning of the head rest element about three axes perpendicular to each other, and a control gear (5) arranged to control the turning of the head rest element (3) so that the head rest element turns about said axes in a predetermined proportion to the angle of rotation of the turning arbor (2) so that the path of the head rest element corresponds to the natural three-dimensional motional pattern of head rotation.