脚外骨架可能会阻碍老年和年轻成年人的简单模型的站立平衡
概括
脚外骨架可能有助于老年人保持平衡,但模型表明,在某些情况下,它们可能会降低稳定性,特别是对于那些与年龄相关的力量损失的人.
科学领域:
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 人类使用脚扭矩来保持站立的平衡,这随着年龄的增长而下降.
- 脚外骨架是旨在帮助扭矩和功率缺陷的设备.
- 脚外骨架对老年人的平衡的影响尚未完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 模拟脚外骨架对年轻人和老年人的站立平衡的影响.
- 调查外骨的潜力,以减轻与年龄相关的足扭矩和扭矩发展速度的缺陷.
- 分析脚外骨如何影响稳定性边界.
主要方法:
- 为年轻人和老年人创建了基于物理的人类立身平衡模型.
- 逆向可达性分析被用来计算稳定的质量中心 (CoM) 状态.
- 非线性模型根据性别和年龄进行了调整.
主要成果:
- 脚外骨架在完全脚强度的个体中适度降低了稳定性边界.
- 对于年龄相关缺陷的个体,外骨在低CoM速度下提高了稳定性,但在高速度下降了稳定性.
- 外骨中既定的控制策略可能会对稳定性产生意想不到的负面影响.
结论:
- 脚外骨可能不会在老年人中普遍改善站立平衡.
- 稳定性增加与减少之间存在复杂的权衡,取决于用户的力量和运动动态.
- 需要进一步的研究来优化对老年人群的外骨控制策略.
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