Gait Analysis with Automatic Speed-Controlled Treadmill

Takehito Kikuchi; Kohei Sakai; Kohei Ishiya

doi:10.20965/jrm.2015.p0528

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doi: 10.20965/jrm.2015.p0528

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Gait Analysis with Automatic Speed-Controlled Treadmill

Takehito Kikuchi, Kohei Sakai, and Kohei Ishiya

Faculty of Engineering, Oita University
700 Dannoharu, Oita 870-1192, Japan

Received:

March 24, 2015

Accepted:

August 9, 2015

Published:

October 20, 2015

Keywords:

gait analysis, treadmill, step length, stride width, body weight support

Abstract

Automatic speed-controlled treadmill

Gait training is an important rehabilitation exercise that requires large space and support. To help it succeed, we developed an automatic speed-controlled treadmill with a sensor frame. A Microsoft Kinect sensor detects the user's legs, measuring step length and stride width. Leg information is used to control treadmill belt speed. Force sensors in the sensor frame measure support force and its center. Gait analysis using these values is discussed without including treadmill speed control. Subjects were healthy young males aged 22 to 23. Step length indicates the suitable belt speed for a subject. In experiments with automatic belt-speed control, the controller adjusts belt speed automatically based on how a user walks.

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T. Kikuchi, K. Sakai, and K. Ishiya, “Gait Analysis with Automatic Speed-Controlled Treadmill,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.27 No.5, pp. 528-534, 2015.

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