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An operating unit (14) is detachably mounted on frame (12) in the form of a chair. The operating unit includes a lever arm assembly (16) mounted on a subframe (18) and rotatable by the leg of the user in opposition to a fluid resistance unit (20). A transducer (24) measures the angular rotation of t

An operating unit (14) is detachably mounted on frame (12) in the form of a chair. The operating unit includes a lever arm assembly (16) mounted on a subframe (18) and rotatable by the leg of the user in opposition to a fluid resistance unit (20). A transducer (24) measures the angular rotation of the lever arm assembly which information is transmitted to an integrated circuit (30) disposed within a portable housing (32) removably mounted on the subframe. The integrated circuit stores the data received from the transducer and calculates various values related to the use of the present invention for presentation on display units (208) and (210). An interface (222) is provided to access the integrated circuit to transmit the stored data to a remotely located data processor (220) and for processing of the data or for long term storage of the data.

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A physical therapy and exercise apparatus, comprising: (a) a frame; (b) actuating means mounted on the frame for movement by a portion of a user\s body; (c) double acting resistance means operably interconnected with the actuating means to resist movement of the actuating means, the resistance means

A physical therapy and exercise apparatus, comprising: (a) a frame; (b) actuating means mounted on the frame for movement by a portion of a user\s body; (c) double acting resistance means operably interconnected with the actuating means to resist movement of the actuating means, the resistance means including control means to control the magnitude of the resistance force imposed on the actuating means by the resistance means; (d) means for monitoring at least one parameter related to the use of the physical therapy exercise apparatus and providing a corresponding signal; (e) integrated circuit means having signal receiving means for receiving the signals from the monitoring means, data storage means for storing the data indicative of the signal received by the integrated circuit means from the monitoring means and interface means for accessing the data storage means to transmit the data to a remotely located data processor for further processing the data, wherein the integrated circuit means is disposed within a portable first subassembly detachably mounted on the frame; and, (f) means for detachably mounting the portable first subassembly on the frame for convenient removal from the frame. A physical therapy and exercise apparatus, comprising: (a) a frame; (b) actuating means mounted on the frame for movement by a portion of a user\s body; (c) double acting resistance means operably interconnected with the actuating means to resist movement of the actuating means the resistance means including control means to control the magnitude of the resistance force imposed on the actuting means by the resistance means; (d) means for monitoring at least one parameter related to the use of the physical thereapy and exercise apparatus and providing a corresponding signal; (e) integrated circuit means having signal receiving means for receiving the signals from the monitoring means data storage means for storing the data indicative of the signal received by the integrated circuit means from the monitoring means and interface means for accessing the data storage means to transmit the data to a remotely located data processor to process the data; (f) a second subassembly composed of the actuating means, the resistance means and the control means; (g) a second subassembly frame on which the second subassembly is mounted; (h) means for detachably mounting the second subassembly frame on the apparatus frame; (i) wherein the integrated circuit means is also mounted on the second subassembly frame; and, (j) further including means for detachably mounting the integrated circuit means on the second subassembly frame. A physical therapy and exercise apparatus having actuating means moveable by a portion of a user\s body, resistance means to resist movement of the actuating means including control means to control the magnitude of the resistance force imposed on the actuating means by the resistance means, and further comprising: (a) means for monitoring at least one parameter related to the use of the physical therapy and exercise apparatus and providing corresponding signals; (b) integrated circuit means disposed within a portable housing, the integrated circuit means having signal receiving means for receiving the signals from the monitoring means data storage means for storing data indicative of the signals received from the monitoring means, and interface means for accessing the data storage means to transmit the data to a data processor for further processing the data; and, (c) means for detachably mounting the portable housing on the physical therapy and exercise apparatus for convenient removal and transportation independently of the remainder of the physical therapy and exercise apparatus.