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使用多功能,便携式外套减缓行走和跑步的新陈代谢
Jinsoo Kim1, Giuk Lee2, Roman Heimgartner1
1John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
概括
一个新的便携式外套可以帮助延伸部, 这种技术可以节省大量的新陈代谢,与减肥相美,展示了它在各种运动任务中的多功能性.
科学领域:
- 生物力学和人类增强
- 机器人和可穿戴技术
背景情况:
- 走路和跑步具有不同的生物力学, 复杂化了两种步态的辅助设备的设计.
- 降低新陈代谢成本是助力可穿戴技术提高人类表现和耐力的一个关键目标.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估一个便携式外套, 能够帮助走路和跑步.
- 量化部延伸辅助外套在不同运动模式和速度中提供的代谢节约.
主要方法:
- 一个便携式的外套设计来帮助部延伸.
- 这套外套在行走和跑步之间采用自动切换机制,根据佩戴者的质量潜在能量中心.
- 在单人实验中,在跑步机上行走和跑步时测量了新陈代谢率.
主要成果:
- 在1.5米/秒的速度下降了9.3%的代谢率.
- 这套外套以2.5米/秒的速度降低了4.0%的跑步机代谢率.
- 这些代谢减轻相当于携带更少的重量 (步行7. 4公斤,跑步5. 7公斤).
结论:
- 一个便携式的部伸展外套可以有效地降低行走和跑步的代谢成本.
- 外套的自适应步行切换显示出适合不同运动速度和条件的多功能性,包括上坡行走.
- 观察到的新陈代谢益处表明运动表现和耐力可能有显著改善.
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