Evaluation of standing‐sitting support system with passive rotational seat mechanism in standing motion |
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Authors: | Hiroyuki Sogo Tomohiro Henmi Shinichiro Shobako Kohei Ishii Suguru Eto Yuta Ogata |
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Affiliation: | National Institute of Technology, Kagawa College, Takamatsu, Japan |
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Abstract: | Since a decrease in muscle mass of elderly people, the physical burden of them in standing‐sitting motion of a seat are increasing than young people. For this problem, several standing‐sitting support systems have been developed, and evaluations of these systems focusing on a reduction of physical load have been discussed. However, these evaluations are of support systems with an active actuators or of support systems when they use a handrail and a standing aid. Thus, an evaluation of a support system with only passive actuators has not been reported. In this paper, in standing motion with using a standing‐sitting support system with passive rotational seat mechanism which our group proposes, we objectively evaluate an effectiveness of the passive rotational seat mechanism by statistical analysis. |
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Keywords: | joint torque passive rotational seat mechanism standing‐sitting support system trunk forward motion |
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