Manufacture of the Intelligent Walker with Supporting the Recovery of Ambulation

我们与高知工业大学的研究人员合作，制定了智能步行器的计划。首先对步行功能进行评价，即在实验的基础上制作一个三维载荷传感器，并对其肌力、推进力和姿势平衡进行评价，以分析理疗师在支撑患者步态时手的运动和数量。结果发现，肌力、推进力、姿势平衡与神经肌肉疾病、废用综合征等残疾程度成比例的差异。此外，我们还可以通过负载传感器来检测患者跌倒时的特征缺口。我们认为，这一信号对使用我们的智能步行器预防跌倒做出了很大贡献。在步态分析评价的基础上，我们研制出了第一台智能步行器。

We have developed a plan for the intelligent walker in cooperation with the investigators of the Kochi Technological University. Firstly we evaluated the function of the ambulation, that is to make a three dimensional load transducer on an experimental basis and to evaluate the muscle power, propulsive force and the balance of posture in order to analyze the movement and quantity of physical therapists' hands at supporting the patients' gaits. As the result we could find the differences among the muscle power, propulsive force and the balance of posture in proportion to a degree of disability of neurological and muscular diseases and disuse syndrome and so on. Furthermore we could detect the characteristic notch at patients' falls by the load transducer. We consider that this signal makes a great contribution to the preventive measure against falls by use of our intelligent walker. We produced the first intelligent walker on basis of the evaluation of our gait analysis.