Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : December 22, 2018 - December 24, 2018
The extension of healthy life expectancy is required. Locomo prevention is being promoted to maintain motor function. Locomo is an abbreviation for Locomotive Syndrome. Japanese name is exerciser syndrome. In other words, it is a state in which the movement function has deteriorated due to the failure of the exerciser. The muscles of the lower limbs, which are important during walking, are the quadriceps muscle that extends the knee and the bending hamstring. The quadriceps muscle has the function of extending the knee. Hamstring has the function of bending the knee. A handheld dynamometer is used for general practice. However, this measurement does not consider the joint angle. Therefore, accurate muscular strength cannot be measured. In this study, we developed a measuring device capable of measuring muscle strength under the joint angle where muscle strength is maximized. In addition, we aimed to develop and propose a portable measurement device that can be carried. As a result, muscular strength of the quadriceps muscle and hamstring could be measured at the knee joint angle that demonstrated maximum muscle strength. In addition, it was suggested that it is important to match the position of the knee pad with the position of the knee pad.
