Let's be aware of the strides | 【HODO HOKO】

"Walking" is one of the aerobic exercise that can be easily started regardless of age or exercise experience, and the effects obtained are various. It is said that the effect of preventing dementia can be expected by adding "awareness of step width" to daily "walking" to daily "walking" and expanding the usual stride.

It is said that the stride gradually becomes narrower due to weakness of muscle strength. Research results of a survey of more than 1,000 residents aged 65 and over shows that "changes in stride length and cognitive function" indicates that the risk of developing dementia is more than tripled compared to the "wide strides". ※¹

"Normal step width plus 10cm" walking"
It is recommended that you walk 10 minutes longer than usual, do muscle training, or walk a 10cm step width.
First of all, let's enjoy the idea of incorporating "+10 (plus ten)" into your life by increasing the stride width by 10cm.

"HODO HOKO" is a step width mat designed with the uniqueness of Hodogaya Ward.
Knowing your stride length and experiencing the average stride length for each height will help you raise your awareness of walking in the future.

\ If you see it at a ward event, please try it./

※1 Masaru Taniguchi. Progress and dementia. Dr. Salon, 2020; 64:877–
※2 Old names, etc. Walking speed, stride width, walking rate, and walking pattern of elderly people. Journal of the Japan Society of Physiotherapists 1994; 21(2): 417
※³Yu Taniguchi, et al. Journal of Gerontology 2012.