PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact rehabilitation device for the rotational movement of the upper limb that is also effective for the plasticity of the brain.SOLUTION: The rehabilitation device comprises: a rotating element that rotates on a plane a knob provided near an outer periphery of the rotating element and mounted in such a way to be capable of being inclined in a radial direction with respect to the rotational axis of the rotating element and an element for fixing and supporting via a fixing means in such a manner that the rotational axis of the rotating element is fixed while being inclined. The knob is held by a paralyzed hand and the paralyzed hand is held by a healthy hand and rotated about the rotational axis the inclination of the knob allows a movement that greatly changes not only the wrists, but also the hands, the arms and the shoulders, because the rotating element is fixed and supported while being inclined. The movement is spontaneous, and since this invention can be combined with a compound rehabilitation device that is an existing patent by the same inventor, the device is compact and can be expected to be further effective in promoting the plasticity of the brain.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】コンパクトで脳の可塑性にも効果的な上肢回転運動用のリハビリ機器を実現する。【解決手段】平面的に回転する回転体と、前記回転体の外周近傍に設け前記回転体の回転軸に対し放射方向に傾斜可能に取り付けたノブと、前記回転体の回転軸を傾斜して固定するように固定手段を介して固定支持するものと、からなり、前記ノブを麻痺側の手で持ち更にその手を健常側の手で持つと共に回転軸周を回転させることにより、ノブの傾斜で手首はもとより、回転体が傾斜して固定支持してあるので、手の他、腕、肩にも大きな変化を与える運動ができる。この運動は自発的であり、更には本発明者の既出特許である複合リハビリ機器にも本発明を複合できるので、コンパクトな上、脳の可塑性促進に一層の効果的が期待できる。【選択図】図1
