Evaluation of the gait of elderly people using an assisting cart (Gait on flat surface)

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 966-974

  Miyawaki, Kazuto ^a   Iwami, Takehiro ^b   Obinata, Goro ^c   Kondo, Yasuo ^a   Kutsuzawa, Keiichi ^a   Ogasawara, Yuji ^a   Nishimura, Shinzou ^a  

^a Akita Prefectural R&D Center Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

^b Turuoka National College of Technology

^c AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio Motion; Biomechanics; Energy consumption; Human engineering; Joint moment; Muscular tension

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 0034530829     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.43.966     Document Type: Article

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