Aging-related changes in leg muscle proportion and walking motion and their relationships

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26282194
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: MURAKI SATOSHI 九州大学, 芸術工学研究科(研究院), 教授 (70300473)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 船津 京太郎 九州共立大学, スポーツ科学部, 教授 (10259658) ; 福田 修 佐賀大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (20357891) ; 福元 清剛 静岡大学, 工学部, 助教 (60600129)
• Research Collaborator: Afiah Irma Nur Universitas Muslim Indonesia, Faculty of Industrial Technology, 講師 ; NAKASHIMA Hiroki 九州大学, 大学院芸術工学府芸術工学専攻 ; TANAKA Hayate 九州大学, 大学院芸術工学府芸術工学専攻
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 老化 / 歩行 / 介護予防 / 筋 / 高齢者 / 超音波 / 動作解析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Deterioration of leg muscle strength causes difficulties in locomotion such as walking. The locomotor ability would be related to the volume of each muscle group in the leg (knee extension/flexion, ankle plantarflexion/dorsiflexion) and their proportion. From a viewpoint of preventing deterioration of locomotion ability, the present research mainly targeted elderly people who can walk independently, and indicated features of aging-related changes in walking motion and the relationship between leg muscle proportion and walking motion.

Free Research Field

福祉人間工学