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2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Study of Evaluation of Walking Ability and Prevent the Aged Person from the Fell Accident From the Viewpoint of the Postural and Electromyographical Analysis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14380015
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 体育学
Research InstitutionUniversity of FUKUI

Principal Investigator

YOSHIZAWA Masatada  University of FUKUI, Faculty of Education and Regional Sciences, Professor, 教育地域科学部, 教授 (30020126)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MIYASHITA Mitsumasa  The University of the AIR, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教授 (80023571)
NISHIJIMA Yoshinori  OSAKA KYOIKU University, Faculty of Education, Professor, 教育学部, 教授 (60156073)
IWAI Yoshiro  University of FUKUI, Faculty of Engineering, Professor, 工学部, 教授 (40115291)
HONDA Tomomi  University of FUKUI, Faculty of Engineering, Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (80251982)
Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2005
KeywordsWalking Posture / Muscular Function / Evaluation of Walking Ability / the Elderly / Prevention of falling accidents
Research Abstract

(1) When a person senses they are slipping while walking on a surface, there is initially a decrease in leg joint extension. Then, second, there is an increase in the activity of the leg muscles during the stance phase. And then there is the sensation of insistence representing the last phase.
(2) From the quantitative analysis of the leg muscles' activity of 30 healthy adult subjects during the level walking, the discharge patterns of the ankle, knee and hip joints were classified into two types each.
(3) The muscular activity levels in the legs of 76 elderly subjects, aged 60 to 85 years old, during level walking and while standing up from sitting in a chair were calculated quantitatively. The resulting data show that the independent level of the leg muscles for the gait used their own feet.
(4) The muscular activities of the legs were analyzed during normal walking on four different walking surfaces (floorboard, 10cm-deep, sandy soil, stones the size of an adult's fist, and artificial turf) using the seven different foot conditions (bare foot, with their own sports shoes, with mules, with scuffs, with Japanese sandals, with wooden clogs and high heels). The function of the ankle joint muscles were shown to be very important for the prevention of falling accident.

  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003

All Journal Article (12 results)

  • [Journal Article] 歩行面のインフラ整備とトライボロジー - 床面のすべりやすさと歩行 -2006

    • Author(s)
      岩井善郎 他3名
    • Journal Title

      月刊 トライボロジー 20・1

      Pages: 28-30

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Provident for the Walking Surface Infrastructure and Tribology -Slippery Surface and Gait-2006

    • Author(s)
      Yoshiro IWAI, Tomomi HONDA, Masatada YOSHIZAWA, Yoshinori NISHIJIMA
    • Journal Title

      Monthly "Tribology" Vol.20-1

      Pages: 28-30

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 中高齢者にみられる平地歩行中の歩容ならびに筋活動特性2005

    • Author(s)
      西島吉典 他4名
    • Journal Title

      ウォーキング研究 9

      Pages: 89-94

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Postural and Electromyographical Analysis of Gait in Aged Person2005

    • Author(s)
      Yoshinori NISHIJIMA, Tatsuo KATO, Hiroshi NAKAGAWA, Masatada YOSHIZAWA, Mitsumasa MIYASHITA
    • Journal Title

      Walking Research Vol.9

      Pages: 89-94

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 階段昇行動作に必要な筋活動2004

    • Author(s)
      吉澤正尹 他4名
    • Journal Title

      ウォーキング研究 8

      Pages: 93-98

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 階段降行運動におけるピッチ変化に伴う下肢筋群の対応2004

    • Author(s)
      加藤達雄 他4名
    • Journal Title

      ウォーキング研究 8

      Pages: 99-103

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Comparison with the Muscle Activities during Stair Ascending -Differences among the Step Height, and The Manner of the Sole region on the Stairs-2004

    • Author(s)
      Masatada YOSHIZAWA, Yoshinori NISHIJIMA, Tatsuo KATO, Mitsumasa MIYASHITA
    • Journal Title

      Walking Research Vol.8

      Pages: 93-98

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Effects of Stride Frequency on EMG Activity of Lowe-Limb Muscles during Stair Descending2004

    • Author(s)
      Tatsuo KATO, Yoshinori NISHIJIMA, Masatada YOSHIZAWA
    • Journal Title

      Walking Research Vol.8

      Pages: 99-103

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 自由ペースによる平地歩行・ジョギング・階段昇行・降行の筋電図分析2003

    • Author(s)
      馬場崇豪 他3名
    • Journal Title

      ウォーキング研究 7

      Pages: 55-60

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 平地歩行と階段昇行のピッチ変化に伴う下肢筋群の対応2003

    • Author(s)
      西島吉典 他3名
    • Journal Title

      ウォーキング研究 7

      Pages: 61-66

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] EMG Analysis of Level Walking, Jogging, and Walking Up/down Stairs with Freely Chosen Stride Frequency2003

    • Author(s)
      Takahide Baba, Tatsuo KATO, Yoshinori NISHIJIMA, Masatada YOSHIZAWA
    • Journal Title

      Walking Research Vol.7

      Pages: 55-60

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Effects of Stride Frequency on EMG during Level Walking and Stair Ascend2003

    • Author(s)
      Yoshinori NISHIJIMA, Tatsuo KATO, Masatada YOSHIZAWA
    • Journal Title

      Walking Research Vol.7

      Pages: 61-66

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2007-12-13  

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