Quantitative Evaluation of Walking Ability of the Elderly in Rehabilitation

Hajime TAKADA; Gonta TANAKA; Shigeo TAKIZAWA

doi:10.14911/ibr.2010.0.14.0

Proceedings of IBRC 2010: The 8th International Biophilia Rehabilitation Conference

DOI https://doi.org/10.14911/ibr.2010.0.14.0

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Host: International Biophilia Rehabilitatiion Academy, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Collaborating Organization, Medical Research Center in Warsaw, Under the Patronage, Embassy of Japan in China, Japanese National Foundation, association for Technical Aids, Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities

Quantitative Evaluation of Walking Ability of the Elderly in Rehabilitation

*Hajime TAKADA, *Gonta TANAKA, *Shigeo TAKIZAWA

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Keywords: motivative exercise, walking ability, health management

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Abstract

It is necessary to evaluate elderly's walking ability correctly to execute rehabilitation effectively, and to do appropriate training. However, a walking ability is usually judged qualitatively by physical therapists. Moreover, a manpower shortage and an increase of senior citizen is an issue. In this paper, it aims at the construction of the system that can quantitatively judge a walking ability by choosing the evaluation item with a high correlation between the walking ability and parameters obtained from measurement results.

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