摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To concisely and repeatably measure a health index related to a subject's athletic ability at a general home. <P>SOLUTION: A health measuring apparatus includes a step to put the subject's foot 13 thereon, a block 8b buried in the step, a posture adjuster 29, 30, 31 to change the subject's standing posture by moving up and down the block 8b, a detector to detect the subject's barycentric position with its foot 13 on the step, and a calculation part to calculate a parameter of the center of gravity sway from the barycentric position detected by the detector and to calculate the health index related to the subject's athletic ability from the calculated parameter. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |