Rolling footwear - a novel ambulatory aid

Peter P Tarjan; Shampa Sarkar; Arno Tillis; Mark Nash

Rolling footwear - a novel ambulatory aid

Peter P Tarjan, Shampa Sarkar, Arno Tillis, Mark Nash

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Abstract

A pair of prototype roller skates was developed to assist individuals with ambulatory problems by reducing the energy cost of ambulation and improve performance in terms of speed and endurance. Unlike ordinary roller skates, the rear wheels are equipped with a spring loaded brake system that locks the wheels when the user applies enough weight at the heel; for example: while standing still. The brakes are released when the ratio of the load on the rear wheels to the user's body weight, Q, is reduced below the value determined by the selection of the spring. The useful range of Q is estimated to be between 0.275 and 0.325. Prototype roller skates have been built and tested on healthy young volunteers with promising results.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	490-491
Number of pages	2
Journal	Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Volume	16
Issue number	pt 1
State	Published - Dec 1 1994
Event	Proceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Part 1 (of 2) - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: Nov 3 1994 → Nov 6 1994

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Health Informatics

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