Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 27, 2020 - May 30, 2020
Falls in the elderly include risk of injuring such as a fracture. Trunk balance exercise is effective to prevent falls in them, virtual reality (VR) intervention for exercise increases the motivation of the participant. This study aimed to develop the VR trunk balance exercise device in sitting. The device was produces that it can improve the balance ability of participant by game-based trunk balance exercise in a virtual environment. It also feedbacked head motion of them by the user interface and showed a 360-degree video. In the experiment for healthy adults, the amount of head motion in the lateral direction while exercise is decreased significantly by function feedbacking head motion, the 360-degree video was increased their satisfaction without the effect to motion sickness. VR trunk balance exercise device is safe and effective.
