摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problem that a patient with Parkinson's disease is at high risk of falling by being caught or hit by a "string" or a "bar", though the "string" or the "bar" to be a mark are conventionally attached to a walking stick concerning frozen gait which is especially difficult to be improved in the gait disorder of the Parkinson's disease patient. <P>SOLUTION: The walking stick includes a laser emitter 3. Projected linear light is defined as the mark, so as to enable the first step of walking. Then the risk of fall is reduced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |