title: Observation study on natural walking in the Tokyo metropolitan.
abstract: In this study, data on walking speed, step numbers, cadence of natural walking were collected and their relations to foot wear, clothing, luggage carried and time of the day as well as crowdedness were investigated. This survey was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo in 1991. Six thousand three hundred and seventy nine walking people were observed from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Ten students who were trained to observe the walking were employed for the data collection. The observed subjects were divided into three age groups, namely young (less than 30 years), middle (31-60 years) and elder (over 61 years), and their age groups were decided by the students based on their appearance. For the analysis, they were further classified into male and female groups. The factors which affect walking speed, step number and cadence were taken into consideration. It was found that young people were more sensitive to their factors in their natural walking and old people showed lower flexibility to these factors.
authors.affiliation: Japan Women's Junior College of Physical Education.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003020:Clothing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012775:Shoes; D014041:Tokyo; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*