Hill-rom Services, Inc.

John Sparkman

Robert Mark Zerhusen

David W Hornbach

Charles A Howell

John V Harmeyer

Michael P Bish

Shelley L Alford

Nabil Mehdi

Andreas Schabbach

Shelley L Stafford

Person support apparatuses having exercise features are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a person support apparatus includes a support surface, a footboard, a sensor, and a passive resistance mechanism. The support surface has a foot end and a head end, and the footboard is located near the foot end of the support surface, extending above the support surface. The footboard may include a pressure surface positioned to receive a pressing force. The footboard is freely slidable from an extended position to a retracted position with respect to the foot end of the support surface. The sensor provides a signal indicative of a magnitude of the pressing force incident on the pressure surface of the footboard. The passive resistance mechanism is coupled to the footboard, and resists a motion of the footboard to the extended position.

Person support apparatuses having exercise therapy features

A system to cause instability for a person supported by a person support surface is disclosed. The system is configured to cause the person supported by the person support surface to compensate for the instability caused by the system in order to exercise their core or trunk region.

Core instability system

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Oakwood, OH, United States of America

John Sparkman