日本福祉工学会誌 論文 概要

日本福祉工学会誌 Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 20-26 (2015)

学習によるFESのための階段昇降を含んだ歩行周期検出システム

木澤 悟,巖見武裕,宮脇和人,松永俊樹,島田洋一

Gait Cycle Detection System during Level and Stair Walk for FES based on the Learning

Satoru KIZAWA, Takehiro IWAMI, Kazuto MIYAWAKI,Toshiki MATSUNAGA and Yoichi SHIMADA

FES has been used for restoring drop foot after the occurrence of an upper motor neuron disease, such as a spinal cord injury or a stroke. For the correction of drop foot in normal level walking, the common peroneal nerve is electrically stimulated by the control of a heel sensor installed in the sole, during swing phase of the gait. In this study, instead of the heel sensor, we developed a detection system to estimate swing phase of the gait by combining neural network learning FES with an inertial sensor. A surface electrode for FES and an inertial sensor are fixed on the tibial tubercle of knee, and the developed system is the compact system that a sensor part and an electrode part don't separate. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the performance of detection system of gait cycle not only normal level walking but also stepping stairs including the landing.

Key words: Functional electrical stimulation(FES), Gait cycle detection, Inertial sensor, Neural network, Stair walk