公开(公告)号：US11723556B1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17878036

申请日：2022-07-31

Applicant: University of Houston System

Inventor： Marc T. Hamilton

IPC: A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/1107 ,  A61B5/1121 ,  A61B5/6829 ,  A61B5/742

Abstract: A soleus contraction measurement system includes a sensor configured to measure rotational movement when positioned on a user's foot with an X-axis oriented laterally across the user's foot, a Y-axis oriented parallel to the user's foot, a Z-axis orthogonal to the X-axis and the Y-axis, and a positive X-axis rotational movement corresponding to an increasing ankle angle, and a memory storing computer-executable instructions for controlling a processor to: measure an X-axis rotational movement, identify a positive X-axis rotational movement as a plantarflexion and a negative X-axis rotational movement as an ankle dorsiflexion, deem the plantarflexion a performed soleus contraction when the plantarflexion is immediately followed by the ankle dorsiflexion for two consecutive cycles of plantarflexion and ankle dorsiflexion, and cause performance information regarding the performed soleus contractions to be communicated.