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Simplified Standing Function Evaluation System for Fall Prevention

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This paper proposes a simplified standing-function evaluation system based on virtual light touch contact using a Wii balance board and a wearable VLTC device. In this system, a virtual partition by VLTC is first created from measurements of the subject’s trunk and finger positions. Random on/off control of virtual forces from the partition enables evaluation of standing function based on the presence or absence of somatic sensory stimulation to the fingers. Evaluation and comparison experiments were conducted with 35 healthy male subjects. The results suggest that the proposed system allows to evaluate the standing function evaluation quantitavively.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to cordially acknowledge and express appreciation to Dr. T. Yokota and Mr. S. Yamashita for his assistance in the implementation of this research. This work was supported by JSPS Kakenhi Grant Number 25870242 and 16H05914.

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  1. Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan

    Mami Sakata & Keisuke Shima

  2. Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Mihara, 723-0053, Japan

    Koji Shimatani

  3. University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan

    Hiroyuki Izumi

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  1. Tokyo Metropolitan University , Tokyo, Japan

    Naoyuki Kubota

  2. Kyushu University , Fukuoka, Japan

    Kazuo Kiguchi

  3. University of Portsmouth , Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    Honghai Liu

  4. Tokyo Metropolitan University , Tokyo, Japan

    Takenori Obo

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Sakata, M., Shima, K., Shimatani, K., Izumi, H. (2016). Simplified Standing Function Evaluation System for Fall Prevention. In: Kubota, N., Kiguchi, K., Liu, H., Obo, T. (eds) Intelligent Robotics and Applications. ICIRA 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9835. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43518-3_5

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