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Biomechanical perspectives on the aging design of rural architectural landscapes: An innovative strategy to optimize the quality of life and mobility of older adults
With the aggravation of the social aging problem, the aging design of rural architectural landscape has gradually become an important issue in architecture and urban planning. Biomechanics, as a discipline that studies the movement and structure of the human body, can provide a scientific basis for the optimized design of rural architectural landscapes. This paper combines the basic principles of biomechanics to explore how to optimize the built environment to reduce the physiological burden of the elderly and improve their quality of life. Through experimental research, this paper analyzes the effects of different architectural landscapes on gait, joint load, body posture and range of motion of the elderly. The experimental results show that the ageing-friendly design can effectively improve the gait stability of the elderly, reduce the joint load and improve the range of motion of the joints, especially in the high-intensity activities such as going up the stairs and daily walking, and the ageing-friendly design obviously reduces the body pressure of the elderly.
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