Design for portable senior's walking movement trace

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K00737
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Design science
• Research Institution: Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Goto Yasunori 兵庫県立工業技術センター, 技術企画部, 技術支援室長 (70470242)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者 / 歩行 / モーションキャプチャー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As the later-stage elderly population will continue to grow more, “locomotive syndrome”is focused. Locomotive syndrome is a condition that reduces mobility due to musculoskeletal ambulation disorder, and it needs long-term care. As gait disorder is increasing, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) of the later-stage elderly is decreasing. In such situation, it is important that senior’s walking movement are recorded and collected. But now, it is difficult to collect data of senior’s walking movement because of motion capture is located on studio in Laboratory. Therefore, I try to design portable senior ‘s walking movement trace system.

Free Research Field

工業デザイン

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

健康的な生活をおくる上で、歩行は欠かせない動作の一つであるが、近年、高齢化社会が進み、特に後期高齢者の筋肉減少症（サルコペニア）等に起因する歩行障害が日常生活動作能力（ADL：Activities of Daily Living）の低下につながることが指摘されるようになった。「歩行」は人間にとって重要な移動機能であり、その機能低下が生活機能の低下を招くので、その予防は重要であるとされる（※2）。そのためにも、後期高齢者の歩行データの収集は有意義であると考えた。