日本福祉工学会誌 論文 概要

日本福祉工学会誌 Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 32-38 (2011)

歩行足跡分析装置を用いたリハビリ歩行の計測と評価に関する事例研究

粗直樹,阿部正人,向井伸治,中島明子,古川進

A Case Study in Measurement and Evaluation of Walking for Rehabilitation Using Footprint Analysis System

Naoki HOBO, Masahito ABE, Shinji MUKAI, Akiko NAKAJIMA and Susumu FURUKAWA

Gait analysis plays important role for detecting the medical condition of a person and applying to make rehabilitation plans for disabled people. Recently, a gait analysis system  which recognizes each footprint from foot trace images recorded on a paper of 10m length, and calculates various parameters such as each step length, step width, etc. has  been developed. In this study, we measure and evaluate the walking behavior of hemiplegic patient by using the gait analysis system. The change of gait parameters according to the rehabilitation progress and the relation to the rehabilitation program are analyzed statistically. As a result, it is shown that the frequency and length of shuffle and the walking straightness computed by the mid-point of step width are useful indices to determine the recovery degree of patient.

Key words: Gait Analysis, Footprint Data, Rehabilitation, Hemiplegic Patients