Walking rhythm mutual-entrainment based stabilization system for festination gait of Parkinson Disease

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23300209
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MIYAKE Yoshihiro 東京工業大学, 総合理工学研究科(研究院), 教授 (20219752)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMAMOTO Tomohito 金沢工業大学, 情報工学部, 准教授 (60387347)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: リハビリテーション / パーキンソン病 / 加速歩行 / 歩行リズム / 相互引き込み / 動的安定性 / 共創システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

研究概要（英文）
The aim of this research was to support gait rehabilitation of Parkinson disease by using interpersonal mutual entrainment of gait dynamics. First, evaluation methods of stability in gait rhythm generation process was established in festination gait as an example. Next, we clarified a mechanism of dynamical stabilization of gait rhythm in the mutual entrainment. Finally, portable gait stabilization system implemented on smart phone was newly developed based the above experimental results.

Free Research Field

総合領域