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A studying of age-related changes of human walking from the viewpoint of joint synergy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15H06821
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research InstitutionKagoshima National College of Technology

Principal Investigator

Kaichida Shoko  鹿児島工業高等専門学校, 電気電子工学科, 助教 (90638537)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) NISHII Jun  山口大学, 大学院創成科学研究科, 教授 (00242040)
TAKEDA Kotaro  藤田保健衛生大学, 医療科学部, 准教授 (50618733)
HASHIZUME Yoshimitsu  九州情報大学, 経営情報学部, 講師 (20779847)
Project Period (FY) 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords歩行 / 加齢 / 関節間シナジー / 生物・生体工学 / リハビリテーション
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined whether the performance change such as increase in falls in older adults during walking is due to the decline of joint synergy function that adjusts the toe height or due to the increase of the variance of joint angles. Our results showed that the increase in variance of joint trajectory during walking with each step in aged subjects during walking is larger than in younger subjects. However, in both groups, joint synergies suppressed the variance of the hip position during the second double support phase and the toe height at the moment of minimum toe clearance, and no significant difference was found between them in the degree of the joint synergies over the stride period. These results suggest that older adults are suppressing the increase of the variance of the hip or toe position by changing the joint synergy.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2016 2015

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 歩行中の下肢関節間シナジーにおける足関節の寄与2016

    • Author(s)
      橋爪 義光, 垣内田 翔子, 西井 淳
    • Journal Title

      計測自動制御学会論文集

      Volume: 52(6)

    • NAID

      130005158710

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 歩行中の下肢関節間シナジーにおける足関節の寄与2016

    • Author(s)
      橋爪善光, 垣内田翔子, 西井淳
    • Journal Title

      計測自動制御学会論文集

      Volume: 未定

    • NAID

      130005158710

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Control strategy of biped walking of humans that has been acquired2015

    • Author(s)
      S. Kaichida, Y. Hashizume, N. Ogihara, J. Nishii
    • Organizer
      JSAI International Symposia on AI 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      Japan
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2015-08-26   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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