Change of temporal and support parameters of elderly gait by achilles tendon vibratory stimulation

  • Kiyoung Kwak
  • , Huigyun Kim
  • , Dongwook Kim*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    This study investigated the changes of temporal parameters and the support moments caused when local vibration stimulation was applied to the walking of the elderly. For this, 180 Hz vibration was applied to the Achilles tendon during walking. The intensity of applied vibration is two kinds of intensity of perceptual threshold and perceptual sub threshold. Three dimensional motion analysis was performed to investigate the temporal parameters and the support moments. When a vibration stimulus is applied, stride length, cadence and Gait velocity were decreased, and the support moments were increased from terminal stance. These results imply that local vibratory stimulation can lead to changes in the gait of the elderly.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)115-119
    Number of pages5
    JournalVibroengineering Procedia
    Volume12
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2017.06.1
    Event26th International Conference on Vibroengineering - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
    Duration: 2017.06.292017.06.30

    Keywords

    • Elderly
    • Gait
    • Perception threshold.
    • Somatosensory
    • Vibration

    Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

    • Engineering - Mechanical
    • Computer Science & Information Systems
    • Engineering - Electrical & Electronic
    • Engineering - Petroleum

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