Title: Development of Testing Machines for Elbow Crutches and Walking Sticks with Three or More Legs
Author: Takanori AIKAWA, Yasuo SUDOH, Seiki KANEKO, Hideo YANO (Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled)
Proceedings of 12th Japanese Conference of Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology, Vol.12 pp.579-584 (August,1997)
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed:
Takanori AIKAWA (Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled)
Namiki 4-1, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359-8555
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E-mail : aikawa@rehab.go.jp


Abstract:
Among various testing machines witch developed in this research institute, testing machines for elbow crutches and walking sticks with three or more legs are introduced in this report. Both machines are improved through the actual measurements of angle and length of elbow crutches and walking sticks. Two measuring methods are proposed for the testing machines for elbow crutches, however, it is difficult to measure various desired angles which proposed on each methods with one machine. Then two testing machines are developed for each proposed measuring methods and various angles on each proposed methods can be measured. For the testing machine for walking sticks with three or more legs, rigidity of the machine and accuracy of angler measurement are required through the actual measurement by first prototype machine. Then after improvement of the prototype machine it becomes possible to measure with accuracy of 0.1 degree by improved testing machine.