WALKING DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, WALKING PATTERN GENERATOR, WALKING PATTERN GENERATION PROGRAM, AND WALKING PATTERN GENERATION METHOD

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a walking diagnosis support system, a walking pattern generator, etc., capable of providing proper rehabilitation for a patient, more efficiently confirming its effect, and improving the level of cure with a knee disease in a specific period. PSOLUTION: The walking pattern generator obtains bend angle data representing a bend angle of a knee joint detected by a knee joint angle sensor at a predetermined time interval while a human is walking as assisted by drive of a walking assisting device. Information representing time-serial variation of the bend angle of the knee joint is displayed on a display based on the obtained bend angle data. A walking pattern represented by the walking pattern data used by the walking assisting device while the bend angle data are being obtained is displayed on the display. In accordance with user's operation instruction, new walking pattern data representing a new walking pattern are generated based on the walking pattern displayed on the display. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT