Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 08, 2016 - June 11, 2016
Walking is indispensable in daily lives especially for elderly person. Due to the again, their tibialis anterior muscle deteriorate and their dorsiflexion angle become small. Consequently, they tend to easily stumble and fall down. In this study, we develop walking support shoes for elderly person to support their dorsiflexion motion in swing phase by using wearer's weight. Concretely, the compressed pneumatic energy is transferred to the potential energy of a spring and the restitutive force of the spring is used as dorsiflexion moment. The validity of the proposed shoes are verified.
