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Abstract:
It is well known that establishing countermeasures against the aging global society is urgent. Therefore, countries in the world are preparing countermeasures, focusing on economic support policy for the elderly. However, there is still the lack of structural improvement to promote and encourage social activities of the elderly. Therefore, this study focuses on the difficulties that the elderly may experience in using the walking facilities that are designed and built for ordinary people. Elderly people may experience inconvenience when they use walking facilities that are designed and built for physical fitness of ordinary people. To avoid such undesirable result, it is inevitable to conduct a study on walking characteristics of the elderly. This study measures walking characteristics of ordinary and elderly people using Motion Analysis System. 16 variables from 4 factors (general, walking, balance and muscle) are measured. According to the findings, it is revealed that the average physical ability of elderly people is approximately 70% of that of ordinary people. It is expected that the findings can be used in designing and constructing elderly people friendly walking facilities in the future.
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