Kinematic walking analysis on a new vehicle "tread-walk" with active velocity control of treadmill belt

Takeshi Ando; Misato Nihei; Eiichi Ohki; Yasutaka Nakashima; Yo Kobayashi; Masakatsu G. Fujie

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332382

Kinematic walking analysis on a new vehicle "tread-walk" with active velocity control of treadmill belt

Takeshi Ando^*, Misato Nihei, Eiichi Ohki, Yasutaka Nakashima, Yo Kobayashi, Masakatsu G. Fujie

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Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering

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The importance on walking for health is growing in elder dominated society. We have been developing a new mobility "Tread-Walk 1 (TW-1)" controlled by walking movement. The device uses active treadmill velocity control, which allows the user to walk on the treadmill at any desired velocity. In this paper, the walking movements on the TW-1 were kinematically analyzed and compared with the walking movements on a traditional constant-velocity treadmill and on flat ground. The results showed that the walking pattern on the TW-1 was somewhat similar to that on a constant-velocity treadmill and on flat ground; however, the flexion angle of the hip joint and the dorsiflexion and plantaflexion angles of the ankle joint during TW-1 walking were larger. It also was shown that the foot applied a stronger kicking force to the belt at toe-off and the foot clearance on the TW-1 was larger than that on the constant-velocity treadmill and on flat ground. Therefore, the walking patterns in the swing and stance phase on the TW-1 are little different. However, the walking movements based on the TW-1 active belt control are valuable from the viewpoints of motion training.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Pages	5977-5980
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332382
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 - Minneapolis, MN Duration: 2009 Sept 2 → 2009 Sept 6

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Other	31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
City	Minneapolis, MN
Period	09/9/2 → 09/9/6

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Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Medicine(all)

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Ando, T., Nihei, M., Ohki, E., Nakashima, Y., Kobayashi, Y., & Fujie, M. G. (2009). Kinematic walking analysis on a new vehicle "tread-walk" with active velocity control of treadmill belt. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 (pp. 5977-5980). Article 5332382 https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332382

Kinematic walking analysis on a new vehicle "tread-walk" with active velocity control of treadmill belt. / Ando, Takeshi; Nihei, Misato; Ohki, Eiichi et al.
Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009. 2009. p. 5977-5980 5332382.

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Ando, T, Nihei, M, Ohki, E, Nakashima, Y, Kobayashi, Y & Fujie, MG 2009, Kinematic walking analysis on a new vehicle "tread-walk" with active velocity control of treadmill belt. in Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009., 5332382, pp. 5977-5980, 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009, Minneapolis, MN, 09/9/2. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332382

Ando T, Nihei M, Ohki E, Nakashima Y, Kobayashi Y, Fujie MG. Kinematic walking analysis on a new vehicle "tread-walk" with active velocity control of treadmill belt. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009. 2009. p. 5977-5980. 5332382 doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332382

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