<b>A study of the relationship between muscles and sitting positions </b><b>using a rehabilitation device </b>

• Takada Hajime

  Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University

• Qian Yang

  UD Trucks

抄録

Because of a growing elderly population and a declining birthrate, more elderly are needing nursing care, and the workload for doctors is growing heavier. Therefore, it’s necessary to save labor by using an at-home device to aid nursing. We focus on a device called Patakoro that can stretch and flex the knee joint, and plantar flex and dorsiflex the ankle joint. With electromyography and the Patakoro device, we constructed a system that can increase people’s walking abilities in motivation exercise. This motivation exercise can help paralytic people to strengthen their paralytic side by practicing with the non-paralytic side leg. As a result, we found that there is a significant difference in muscle activity within three sitting positions in which the height of the chair is placed at different levels.

収録刊行物

• BIOPHILIA

  BIOPHILIA 2014 (1), 7-12, 2014

  特定非営利活動法人 高齢市民が活躍するための社会技術研究会

キーワード

• Rehabilitation
• Leg exercise
• Leg muscle
• Chair height
• Muscle activity

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390001205415290880
• NII論文ID: 130004973033
• DOI: 10.14813/ibra.2014.7
• ISSN: 21868913
• ISSN: 21868433
• 本文言語コード: en
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