Development of playground equipment for the elderly people for preventing the muscle weakness of the lower limb

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  • 高齢者向け下肢筋力低下予防を目的とした遊具の開発

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<p>【Purpose】 The purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of exert muscle strength using a new handmade playground equipment for the young boys, and assessed the pleasure on the proposed new game for elderly. 【Method】 experimental 1: Six young boy volunteers participated in this study. We measured their lower leg muscle activity using EMG during the game. Experimental 2: Another side, we asked their comments for elderly people after playing the same game. 【Results】 From EMG analysis, it was appeared that the tibialis anterior(17.0 %MVC at 90deg, +10.9%MVC at 120deg, compared at rest) and rectus femoris (24.0 %MVC at 90deg, 17.1%MVC at 120deg) of lower limb was used mainly during the new game, and the exerted muscle strength was approximate value at the movement of human gait. In the elderly people evaluation of the pleasure of the proposed new game, majority of the elderly people who participated answered satisfied high score. 【Conclusion】 Therefore, it was proven that the new playground equipment and its game have some effect on the lower limb exercise for the elderly with pleasure and safety.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390572642478390144
  • NII Article ID
    130008163407
  • DOI
    10.51064/jkshs.51.0_1
  • ISSN
    24367249
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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