Development of Measuring Walkway for Temporal and Distance Factors of Gait and Its Clinical Application
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61550307
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
計測・制御工学
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIROKAWA Shunji Kyushu University, General College of Education; Associate Professor, 教養部, 助教授 (80150374)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
松村 公志 九州大学, 医学部, 医員
今岡 薫 マニア株式会社, 代表取締役社長
IMAOKA Kaoru Anima Company Limited; President
MATSUMURA Kouji Kyushu University, Medical School; Staff
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| Project Period (FY) |
1986 – 1987
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1987)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
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| Keywords | Walkway / Temporal and Distance Factors / Gait Measurement / Gait Velocity / Child Gait / Plegic Gait / Biofeedback System / 訓練用移動車 / 歩行訓練 / 片麻痺患者 |
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| Research Abstract |
The research achievements supported on Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) are mainly on the following three subjects.
(1) IMPROVEMENT OF THE PROTOTYPAL WALKWAY SYSTEM
In order to enhance the computational ability and the memory capacity, the computer for this system was changed to the upper level one. In consideration of durability and maintenance ability of the system, the electric circuits were assembled mostly with printed boards and cables were changed to shielded ones.
(2) GAIT MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS THROUGH THE IMPROVED SYSTEM
Making the most of this system, some gait analysises were performed. First, walking patterns of free and under several kinds of constraint of 92 normal adults were analyzed and assessed based upon the statistics. Secondly, the gaits of normal 109 5-year-old children were studied and compared with those of adults. The development of the gait patterns according to the child's age was analyzed with respect to 75 children aged 1 to 6. Thirdly the pathological gaits of 11 cerebral palsy (C.P.) children were studied.
(3) EXPLOITATION AND APPLICATION OF BIOFEEDBACK GAIT TRAINING SYSTEM
We have developed a biofeedback gait training system, which is composed of the above mentioned measuring walkway and a training walker. The distance factors are indicated on the CRT and the desired temporal factors are indicated by the tone of the buzzer sound. The adventage of this system is that it can deal with the gait problems of all subjects in any phase of rehabilitation: measurement, analysis, training, ana/or evaluation. Experimental studies were performed on patients with degenerative knee joints and resulted that the biofeedback training improved pathological gaits markedly.
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