Evaluation of the Gait for Elderly People with Assisting Cart : 2nd Report, Gait on Slope

As elderly society progresses, development of machines for assisting human to walk is getting more important nowadays. Authors have already developed a cart-type machine to assist walking on a flat ground and have evaluated the effect of this machine on the muscle tension and energy consumption of t...

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Published inTransactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Series C Vol. 68; no. 665; pp. 212 - 219
Main Authors MIYAWAKI, Kazuto, IWAMI, Takehiro, OBINATA, Goro, KUTSUZAWA, Keiichi, NISHIMURA, Shinzou
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 25.01.2002
Subjects
Bio-Motion
Biomechanics
Energy Consumption
Human Walk
Muscle-Skeleton Modele
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Summary:As elderly society progresses, development of machines for assisting human to walk is getting more important nowadays. Authors have already developed a cart-type machine to assist walking on a flat ground and have evaluated the effect of this machine on the muscle tension and energy consumption of the user. In this paper, we have estimated the energy consumption during walking on slopes based on the muscle-skeleton model. It is shown that 10% and 15% decreases of energy consumption are achieved by using the assisting cart during gaits up and down slopes, respectively. Our evaluation method will be useful for developing a walker for practical purposes.
ISSN:0387-5024
1884-8354
DOI:10.1299/kikaic.68.212