Relation between magnitude of applied torque during pre-swing phase and toe clearance change to prevent trip of elderly people

Tamon Miyake*, Yo Kobayashi, Masakatsu G. Fujie, Shigeki Sugano

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Elderly people are at risk of falling because of their low toe clearance. Gait training to improve toe clearance could be instrumental in avoiding tripping. We propose using a gait-training robot that applies torque during the pre-swing phase to achieve this goal. It is still possible to revert to their original trajectory after the training, however, depending on the magnitude of the applied torque. We investigated the relation between the magnitude of the applied torque and the change in toe clearance before and after application of torque. We developed a robot and carried out an experiment in which a motor pulls a string embedded on the robotic frame worn by the participants, thereby applying torque during the pre-swing phase. The experimental task included walking on a treadmill for 50 s. We applied torque to the knee during the pre-swing phase for 20 s. The phases before and after applying torque were 15-s normal walking phases with no interference from the robot. We compared toe clearance during the phases before and after applying torque. We found that the toe clearance increased after applying a torque of 8 Nm. We were thus able to verify the influence of torque on toe clearance.

本文言語English
ホスト出版物のタイトル2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Conference Proceedings
出版社Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ページ2448-2453
ページ数6
ISBN(電子版)9781509018970
DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 2017 2月 6
イベント2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Budapest, Hungary
継続期間: 2016 10月 92016 10月 12

出版物シリーズ

名前2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016 - Conference Proceedings

Other

Other2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2016
国/地域Hungary
CityBudapest
Period16/10/916/10/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • コンピュータ ビジョンおよびパターン認識
  • 人工知能
  • 制御と最適化
  • 人間とコンピュータの相互作用

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