Synthesis of a Rehabilitation Mechanism Replicating Normal Gait

C. A. Nelson ； C. J. Stolle ； J. M. Burnfield ； T. W. Buster

《Proceedings of the 14th IFToMM World Congress》 14th-1 (2015/10) Pp. 71-78

https://doi.org/10.6567/IFToMM.14TH.WC.OS1.016

並列摘要

Effective gait rehabilitation is challenging, often requiring strenuous effort from a therapist, or expensive technology, or both. One rehabilitation method involves assisting the patient's foot through a gait-like trajectory. While numerous devices have been developed to address the gait training needs of adults, these tools do not always scale well to meet the needs of a child's smaller body size. This paper describes the development of a gait-guidance device that could be scaled to address the gait retraining needs of individuals of vary body sizes from a child to an adult.

並列關鍵字

Rehabilitation robotics ； Rigid-body guidance ； Gait rehabilitation ； Path generation