PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a load of a user by a weight of a walking assist unit and a load of a user when starting to step out a leg part around which the walking assist unit is worn.SOLUTION: The walking training device includes: a walking assist unit worn around a leg part of a user for assisting a walking operation of the user a tensile part 33 for pulling the leg part upward and forward a control part 351 for causing the tensile part 33 to generate a first tensile force for reducing the weight of the walking assist unit a sensor 25 for detecting a loading amount of the leg part from the sole a grounding determination part 361 that, when a total sole loading amount exceeds a determination threshold, determines that the leg part is grounded a load center calculation part 362 for calculating a load center position in the sole and a load shift detection part 363 for detecting a load shift that the load center position shifts from the heel to tiptoes. When the load shift is detected and when a prescribed time elapses without detecting the load shift after the grounding of the leg part is detected, the control part 351 causes the tensile part 33 to generate second tensile force that is larger than the first tensile force.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT
