後期中年者と若年者の立ち座り支援機構を用いた座り動作の評価

抄録

The shortage of care workers is an urgent problem in Japan. This problem is a one of cause for increasing opportunity that a care recipient has to practice some basic ADL (Activities of Daily Living) by oneself. In pervious study, our team developed a standing-sitting support system for care recipients who have to do sit on or stand up by oneself. And, it was proved the support system has a load reduction effect for standing motion of older-middle-aged and young peoples. This paper discusses a load reduction effect for sitting motion using the support system. Using analysis method based on a maximum value of waist and a knee joint torque in sitting motion, it is proved the support system also has load reduction effect for sitting motion. Significant load reduction effect on waist and knee joint torque was seen in both older-middle-aged and young peoples.