ROWING MACHINE FOR PARAPLEGIC PATIENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a rowing machine for assisting exercise of a patient in which the lower half of his/her body is paralyzed by spine diseases or injury, and more particularly, to a rowing machine which forcibly exercises muscles of the lower half of a paraplegic patient to assist rehabilitation. The rowing machine includes a sheet including a unit for fixing the upper half of a user's body, a foothold including a foot fixing unit, a calf fixing belt for fixing both legs of a user to prevent both legs from being spread, a drive pulley connected to a handle to be pulled by the user, a forcibly rewinding drive pulley, a first driven pulley, a second driven pulley, a position sensing unit, and a functional electrical stimulation (FES) unit.