An Examination about Walking Posture on Gait Training System for Computer-Aided Rehabilitation

Abstract

Our Gait Training System is a training device that aims to obtain the effect of the walk training in the warm water swimming pool. A trainee is supported by the slinging system while walking on the force plate. Slinging power is controlled on the basis of information instrumented from the force plates. The training effects are evaluated on the basis of the data that obtained from the force plate etc. This system is tested by handicapped person to inspect the function and efficacy. A major problem of deficient body alignment of the walking posture is found from the test. We propose mounting a monitor and the result of improvement is shown. The effect on the walking posture using the Gait Training System is experimented on normal persons. The difference of the posture in normal gait and device-supported gait is shown.