DocumentCode
3416158
Title
Walking assistance by functional clothes with highly elastic fabric
Author
Shizukai, A. ; Seki, Takaya ; Kato, Ryota ; Morishita, S. ; Nakamura, T. ; Yokoi, Hiroshi
Author_Institution
Grad. Sch. of Inf. & Eng., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
3-7 July 2011
Firstpage
673
Lastpage
676
Abstract
We proposed a novel approach to walking assistance by using functional clothes with highly elastic fabric. This strategy can achieve walking assistance without external forces generated by an actuator. In order to examine the effectiveness of the proposed approach, we produced a functional girdle and assessed the extent to which it assisted the hip flexor muscles. We confirmed that the load on the hip flexor muscles decreased during hip flexion while subjects wore the functional clothes.
Keywords
actuators; biomedical equipment; cellular biophysics; elasticity; fabrics; gait analysis; muscle; actuator; functional clothes; functional girdle; highly elastic fabric; hip flexor muscles; walking assistance; Actuators; Electromyography; Fabrics; Hip; Joints; Legged locomotion; Muscles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2011 IEEE/ASME International Conference on
Conference_Location
Budapest
ISSN
2159-6247
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0838-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AIM.2011.6027111
Filename
6027111
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