Title :
An effect on walk and plantar contact area from ice immersion approach
Author :
Uno, H. ; Takemura, H. ; Mizoguchi, H.
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ. of Sci., Tokyo
Abstract :
This paper describes a method of measuring a plantar skin contact area and a plantar incipient partial slip in order to clarify the relation between a plantar tactile sensibility and a stabilization mechanism for slip. The information of the plantar sense stimulus during walk had been not acquired in the conventional walk analysis. The meaning of plantar slip measurement is explained and the plantar skin deformation is measured by the image processing using the developed measurement device. An increase of the plantar skin contact area by using ice immersion approach suggests the relation between plantar tactile stimulus and gait pattern.
Keywords :
gait analysis; ice; medical image processing; skin; slip; stability; touch (physiological); gait pattern; ice immersion approach; image processing; plantar contact area; plantar incipient partial slip; plantar sense stimulus; plantar skin contact area; plantar skin deformation; plantar slip measurement; plantar tactile sensibility; plantar tactile stimulus; stabilization mechanism; walk analysis; Acceleration; Aging; Area measurement; Force control; Humans; Ice; Legged locomotion; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2007. ISIC. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0990-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0991-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2007.4413839
