A lightweight and simple type of Passive Exercise Training Equipment has been developed, by which persons with knee joint pain will be able to perform leg exercise training. "Passive Exercise Training" will induce trainees to exercise caused by physical stimulation without voluntary effort. This equipment has a seat and foot-plates. In order to induce muscle contraction on the leg by utilizing the use's own weight, the seat can be inclined toward the User's each leg alternately. And, in order to cope with knee joint pain, the foot-plates will fall down when carrying use's weight so that user's knee joint keeps the angle. By conducting a laboratory experiment, it was indicated that there was no difference in the angle variation of knee joint between this equipment and the former complex type. And knee joint pain was smaller than walking on flat area from subjective evaluation by persons with knee joint osteoarthritis.
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