Abstract
A gait analyzing system built in the Labor Welfare Projects Corporation Prosthetics Center, Nagoya, Japan, is introduced.
Stick-picture camera system with rotaing slit-shutter, force-plate system with strain-gauges, foot-print system, data processing system and their control system were built in this system.
Two interesting results were reported in this paper 1) Using the circular-gait pattern, transient phenomena in walk-motion and the variance of pattern were discussed. As a result, gait simulator-I was designed by using this pattern.
2) Center of gravity was calculated by the use of foot-prints for standing experimentee with both legs and the error of its position was compared with standard method and other simplified digital methods. The maximum error was within 15mm. So, the locomotion of center of gravity in gait cycle was calculated.
