Abstract
Leg Load Increase Training Using Soft Gait-assistive Suit and Its Experimental Validation
Highlights
1.1 BackgroundOne of the major causes of elderly people needing primary nursing care is motor system disorders[1,2] and an appropriate exercise habit is important for realizing a healthy and highlongevity society
The timing of the preswing phase is detected by using the method described in Sect. 3.1, and gait cycle time can be calculated from the detected timing.[12]. In this study, we consider the torque trajectories of the hip, knee, and ankle joints during walking[14] and drive the pneumatic artificial rubber muscle (PARM) to increase the leg load
We proposed a leg load increase training method using a gait-assistive suit
Summary
One of the major causes of elderly people needing primary nursing care is motor system disorders[1,2] and an appropriate exercise habit is important for realizing a healthy and highlongevity society. Conventional research studies have shown that resistance training can improve muscle performance even in the elderly.[3,4,5,6] Owing to the fitness boom in recent years, the training demand for a wide range of age groups is increasing. Purpose of the training is to improve physical fitness, the load of its own weight may be too large in some training stages In this case, conventional gait training methods with the trainee’s weight compensation will be effective. To meet the various demands for training, a gait training method that can adjust the target load appropriately for each trainee is required, and a training system that can both reduce and increase the trainee’s load will be suitable for the purpose. The load increase experiment using the gait-assistive suit has not been evaluated
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