1C2-4 ヒトの足部位置覚に関する研究 : 若年者・高齢者・切断者から考える知覚特性(認知・運動機能の計測・支援II,一般講演)

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To determine the features of foot position sense accuracy, young adults, older adults, and people with transtibial amputee were asked to place different parts of their foot as close as possible to a target line without stepping onto it while wearing glasses that obscured their view of their feet. Once they felt that their foot was appropriately placed, the distance between their foot and the target line was measured. All groups tended to step on the whereas tended to place their foot away from the target line when asked to place the most medial part of their foot near the target line. Moreover, errors in elderly participants were significantly larger than those of young's, and the errors in amputee side were significantly larger than those of young's, and the errors in amputee. These results indicate that the placed feet shifted more lateral than sensed, which may explain unexpected tripping during walking.
社団法人日本機械学会の論文
2008-09-17