TY - GEN
T1 - Kinematic walking analysis on a new vehicle "tread-walk" with active velocity control of treadmill belt
AU - Ando, Takeshi
AU - Nihei, Misato
AU - Ohki, Eiichi
AU - Nakashima, Yasutaka
AU - Kobayashi, Yo
AU - Fujie, Masakatsu G.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332382
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5332382
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19963662
AN - SCOPUS:77951011785
SN - 9781424432967
T3 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
SP - 5977
EP - 5980
BT - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Y2 - 2 September 2009 through 6 September 2009
ER -