PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a correction device in a waist muscle strength assisting tool for assisting a muscle strength of a waist by the support of an upper body and the tightening of a body trunk in forward bending, the device that eliminates at least a portion of troubles caused by a mechanical structure designed so as to increase a supporting strength as the degree of the forward bending is large.SOLUTION: A "correction device" (20) being one aspect of the present invention comprises: acquisition means (42) for continuously acquiring data to contribute to the specification of the forward bending degree of a person wearing a waist muscle strength assisting tool (10) for mechanically increasing a waist assisting strength as the forward bending degree of an upper body is large, from detection means (41) setting means (43) for setting a correction amount of the assisting strength according to at least any one of the level of the forward bending degree and the tendency of change specified based on the data acquired by the acquisition means (42) and output means (44) for outputting the correction amount set by the setting means (43) to adjusting means (45) for adjusting the assisting strength.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】前屈時に上体の支持と体幹の引締めにより腰部の筋力を補助する腰部筋力補助具において、前屈の度合いが大きいほど補助の強度が大きくなるように設計された機械的構造に起因する不都合の少なくとも一部を解消する。【解決手段】本発明の一態様である「補正装置」(20)は、上半身の前屈度合いが大きいほど腰部の補助強度が機械的に大きくなる腰部筋力補助具(10)を装着する者の前屈度合いの特定に資するデータを検知手段(41)から継続的に取得する取得手段(42)と、前記取得手段(42)により取得されるデータに基づいて特定される前屈度合いのレベルと変化傾向との少なくともいずれかに応じ前記補助強度の補正量を設定する設定手段(43)と、前記補助強度を調整する調整手段(45)に対し前記設定手段(43)により設定される補正量を出力する出力手段(44)と、を具備する。【選択図】図7
