Title of Work: 

Research Assistant at System Control Lab

Abstract:

Analyzed the human balance while standing for a certain period of time. The main focus was on elderly people and creating a device that is inexpensive to help predict future imbalances when there is dynamic movement. The creation of the device will replicate the  function of the gravicorder or a force plate to help achieve this analysis. The clinical device; force plate, will  measure the gravity of movement;  located near a persons' belly button, to help determine the stability of a person within a certain period of time. Since finding the CoG; center of gravity, is unpredictable the use of CoP; center of pressure, which was used while performing the experiments. Exploring this requires the knowledge of muscles within the area of the knee and its functions, physics techniques that will be integrated with engineering concepts, and python coding. With this information, mechatronics and control engineering are incorporated to determine an effective and inexpensive way to predict future falls within the elderly population specifically in Japan.

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