Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : November 21, 2018 - November 23, 2018
The climbing mountain population in Japan is 6.5 million people in 2016, and elderly people over 60 years old account for 40% of the population, mountain distress is rapidly increasing, due to elderly people with weak physical strength and muscular strength. According to the guidelines of the International and Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. They recommend the use of trekking pole for elderly people and climbers with heavy luggage. They said that using the pole can reduce the burden on the lower body such as the knee. However, there are few objective data on the usage of the pole and the burden reduction. Therefore, we made a detachable sensor that can measure the acceleration and pressure of the pole in order to measure the movement of the pole. Using the pole, we confirmed that the movement of the pole can be measured in detail. In climbing, the pressure of the pole is large, but in down, it is small. In addition, skilled people swung it forward efficiently like the pendulum motion, but beginners lifted it high. We think that can be measured form the prototype sensor the method of using the pole according to circumstances.
The Proceedings of Joint Symposium: Symposium on Sports Engineering, Symposium on Human Dynamics
