Pole
The invention relates to a walking or ski pole used in Nordic walking or skiing. To a prior art pole including a body part ( 1 ), a grip part ( 2 ), and a tip part ( 3 ), is connected a power sensor ( 6 ), a user interface ( 7 ), and a transmitting device ( 9 ) for transmitting the data from the power sensor to the user interface for the purpose of measuring the physiological effect of the pole-assisted exercise and for controlling the exercise performance.
1. A pole for pole-assisted exercise, the said pole being comprised of a body part ( 1 ), a grip part ( 2 ), and a tip part ( 3 ), the pole further comprising at least one power sensor ( 6 ), a user interface ( 7 ) including a display ( 8 ) and means ( 9 , 9 a , 9 b ) for processing the data coming from the power sensor ( 6 ) and transmitting it to the display ( 8 ), characterised in that the power sensor ( 6 ) is located in connection with the grip part ( 2 ) or the tip part ( 3 ) in such a way that it is located between the said part ( 2 , 3 ) and the body part ( 1 ).
2. A pole as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that the user interface ( 7 ) comprises wired data transmission means ( 9 , 9 a ) between the power sensor ( 6 ) and the data processing means ( 9 b ).
3. A pole as claimed in claim 2 , characterised in that the user interface ( 7 ) comprises means ( 9 b , 10 , 11 , 12 ) for entering data in the memory, and that the data entered includes limit values set for the exercise performance.
4. A pole as claimed in claim 3 , characterised in that the user interface ( 7 ) comprises one or more warning lights ( 13 , 14 ), a sound signalling device ( 15 ), or a combination thereof for informing the user of deviations in the exercise performance with respect to the set limit values.
5. A pole as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that as the driving power of the system is used an accumulator/battery, which is arranged to be charged by the energy obtained from the exercise performance.
6. A pole as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that after the exercise, the information on the exercise can be unloaded from the memory onto a display ( 8 ), a PC or combination thereof.
7. A pole as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that the information to be entered into the memory by the data entry means ( 10 , 11 , 12 ) includes the length of the stride, and the information to be entered in the memory from the power sensor ( 6 ) includes the number of thrusts.
8. A pole as claimed in claim 1 , characterised in that at least one of the grip part ( 2 ) or tip part ( 3 ) are detachable with respect to the body part ( 1 ) and re-attachable by means of a quick-release coupling ( 19 , 20 , 21 ).