Development and application of hand tool for aqua-nordic walking
Description: To promote health also in elderly,the characteristic underwater-walking tool was designed and tested to a senior with handicap in lower extremities.In the case of use of usual nordic walking pole in water,forward swing of arm couldn't be fluent because of the buoyancy and the viscose resistance.To resolve them a hand griptool with function of opens and closes like a parasol without pole schaft was developed.The tool was constructed of 12cm length of hands-gripping schaft and of soft vinyl chloride membrane with 33cm of the opened diameter. With underwater walking,it closed during pull phase of the arm and opened during push phase,so that pull could be performed without viscose resistance and push could catch the water.A male senior trained with underwater walking with use of this tool.The motion was analyzed and it made clear that the walking could perform much dynamically.
Amount: ¥4,550,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Investigator: kiyonori kawahatsu
Institution: Hokusho University
Funded outputs count: 0
Funder award ID: 17K01761
OpenAlex ID: G626864889