Walking training method without walking and its effect evaluation

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K01569
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Toyama Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Oshima Toru 富山県立大学, 工学部, 教授 (60223806)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 玉本 拓巳 富山県立大学, 工学部, 助教 (30800908)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 歩行訓練 / 揺動刺激 / 視覚刺激 / 歩行モデル / 筋活動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to show the possibility of walking training without walking by using a posture control system. The posture control system is a device that applies biaxial pitching and rolling swing motions to the standing floor on which the subject stands up, and measures the physical behavior at that time.
It is possible to remarkably induce muscular activity according to the posture by stabilizing the posture to maintain the standing posture by passive swing stimulus and actively inducing the posture by active visual stimulus. From this, it was found that the possibility of walking training without walking was found by giving a passive swing stimulus and an active visual stimulus that induce walking muscular activity.

Free Research Field

福祉工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

従来の歩行訓練は，トレッドミル上や歩行路を歩行することによる訓練であるが，歩行せずとも歩行をイメージし，歩行時に黄な活動を誘発することができれば，十分な訓練効果が期待できる．
そのために，起立した床面を揺動することで姿勢維持しようとする受動的揺動刺激と，積極的に姿勢を変えようとする能動的視覚刺激を併用して，歩行時の筋活動を誘発できることを示した．
構築した装置(ポスチャーコントロールシステム)は，歩行訓練という目的を限定することで，さらに小型化が可能であり，提案する刺激提示方法とともに，新しい歩行訓練手法として期待できる．