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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2018
MD Systems, Inc., Westerville, OH (US);
Michael A. Smyser, New Smyrna Beach, FL (US);
David Ferguson, New Albany, OH (US);
Ronald L. Wiley, Oxford, OH (US);
MD Systems, Inc., Westerville, OH (US);
Abstract
A scientifically controlled exercise based on a measurement of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). A mechanical apparatus includes a sensor, an actuator, and a processor. The apparatus receives a mechanical exertion from a user while the processor receives signals from the sensor and sends signals to the actuator to control the mechanical apparatus. The processor measures a MVC exerted by a user and determines a protocol for the exercise based on the measured MVC. The protocol includes a specified exertion to be performed by a user, the specified force and velocity profile governing the exertion, and a specified sequence of repetitions of the exertion, spaced by rest periods. The protocol includes real-time feedback to the user related to compliance with the protocol. The methodology and equipment described herein provides users a safe and effective means of improving muscular strength or endurance and ameliorating various neurological or physiological conditions.