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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2008
Otto Hoebel, Hochdorf, DE;
Otto Hoebel, Hochdorf, DE;
medica-Medizintechnik GmbH, Hochdorf, DE;
Abstract
In a method for controlling a display device on a muscle trainer equipped with at least one force sensor for sensing a person's periodic or sustained muscular force, in which display device a currently applied muscular force is depicted in relation to a target muscular force or to a maximum muscular force, and the display device is controlled such that a force queried by the patient is always depicted in a predefined target area of a panel in the display device, a multifunctional performance profile of a trainee is achieved in a clear and rapidly recognized manner in that the target muscular force is depicted by a first panel of predefined area and the currently applied muscular force is depicted by a second, variable panel positioned within the first panel, and the area of said second panel is caused to change according to a specific relationship to the currently applied muscular force.