A study on increasing a function of the gait movement in elderly

如何提高老年人的步态功能是本课题研究的主要课题之一。行走中的意识概念是本研究的一个新概念和关键词，本研究以学生和部分老年人为研究对象。在自由行走中，这些受试者被要求在行走过程中感受到来自地面的唯一压力。通过对健康人步行过程中压力中心轨迹的生物力学研究结果，指导受试者按照良好步行的范例进行步行，并使用Palotec系统(Parotec Co.Ltd.)对步行过程中的足底压力进行分析。对同一受试者进行以下三种不同步行状态的测试并进行比较。在平坦的道路上行走，在坡道上行走(在跑步机旁)，在楼梯上行走。在向上行走的情况下，坡道和楼梯的条件比平坦的行走方式更明显地增加了脚底的压力。带着踢地的“意识”步行被评价为有利于老年人的优点，也有利于年轻人提高步态表现。建议在楼梯和坡道上行走，以提高步态表现。

How to increase the function of the gait performance in elderly is one of the main topics of this research project. The concept of the "consciousness" during walking is a new idea and the key word of the present study.The students and some elderly persons were requested as the subject of this study. In free walking, these subjects were asked to feel the sole pressure from the ground during walking. The subjects were also instructed to walk following to the example of the good walking which is presented by the result of the biomechanical research of the trace of center of pressure during walking by a healthy person.The sole pressure during walking was analyzed by Palotec System (Paromed Co. Ltd.). The following three different walking conditions were tested by the same subjects and compared. Walking on the flat way condition, walking on the slope (by the treadmill), walking on the stairway condition. In the case of walking the slope upward and stairway conditions were more clearly increased the sole pressure than the flat way.The walking with the "consciousness" of kick the ground was evaluated as leads to the merit for the elderly and also for the young person to increase the gait performance. The walking on the stairway and the slope should be recommended to increase the gait performance.