The Elderly Knee Joint Health Care Toy Design

With the acceleration of the aging process,and the rapid increase in global agingpopulation，The elderly health care, pension and other issues, increasingly cause the attention ofthe society from all walks of life. In recent years, the elderly fall issue continues to heat up,well，among thoes fall accidents occur in the elderly，a large part of the elderly suffer fromvarying degrees of knee osteoarthritis. So do some exercise to keep knee flexibility，stability isan effective way to prevent and alleviate osteoarthritis，reducing the probability of falls inelderly. However, the market for the elderly knee care product categories is scarce, and most ofthese are medical rehabilitation equipment. So this topic will be knee joint care combined withthe old toys, allow the old people in the entertainment at the same time have the effect of kneejoint health. Make fitness more enjoyable，and let toys become more practical.This topic is mainly aimed at60-80years old by knee joint health problems of the elderlythat occupy the home for knee joint care toy design practice. The first part based on the analysison the status quo of the elderly，to both at home and abroad to the old toys and knee joint careassistive devices on the market research, and found that the light spot market. The second partfirstly studies the elderly group characteristics and the pathological and care principle of kneeosteoarthritis，Then explore the traditional toys and tai chi culture in the feasibility of theapplication in the design of the elderly care toys. The third part is location and plan for the toydesign and the fourth part is the summary design practice.