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2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A study on increasing a function of the gait movement in elderly

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12680032
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 体育学
Research InstitutionHIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

WATANABE Kazuhiko  Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Prof., 大学院・教育学研究科, 教授 (20057699)

Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2001
KeywordsElderly / Walking / consciousness / Training / Gait with consciousness
Research Abstract

How to increase the function of the gait performance in elderly is one of the main topics of this research project. The concept of the "consciousness" during walking is a new idea and the key word of the present study.
The students and some elderly persons were requested as the subject of this study. In free walking, these subjects were asked to feel the sole pressure from the ground during walking. The subjects were also instructed to walk following to the example of the good walking which is presented by the result of the biomechanical research of the trace of center of pressure during walking by a healthy person.
The sole pressure during walking was analyzed by Palotec System (Paromed Co. Ltd.). The following three different walking conditions were tested by the same subjects and compared. Walking on the flat way condition, walking on the slope (by the treadmill), walking on the stairway condition. In the case of walking the slope upward and stairway conditions were more clearly increased the sole pressure than the flat way.
The walking with the "consciousness" of kick the ground was evaluated as leads to the merit for the elderly and also for the young person to increase the gait performance. The walking on the stairway and the slope should be recommended to increase the gait performance.

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 松尾千秋: "中高齢期における運動・スポ-ツ活動に関する研究"広島大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 第二部. 50号. 305-311 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 柳川和俊: "筋放電パタ-ンからみた高齢者における歩行動作の特徴"日本運動生理学雑誌. 9(1). 33-45 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Watanabe, K.: "application of biomechanics to develope the perfprmance of bnet and postural control"The 2001 Asia-Pacific Rim Conference on exercise and sports Science. (seoul). 77-79 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Matsuo C., et al: "A research of the exercise and sports of the elderly people"Bulletin of the graduate school of education, Hiroshima University, Part 2. Vol. 50. 305-311 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Watanabe K.: "Application of Biomechanics to Develop the Performance of Gait and Postural Control"The 2001 Asia-Pacific Rim Conference on Exercise and Sports Science (Seoul). (2001)

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  • [Publications] Yanagawa K., et al: "The Characteristics of Walking Movements by EMG pattern in the Elderly"Journal of Exercise and Sports Physiology. Vol. 9. No. 1. (2002)

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Published: 2003-09-17  

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