Pneumatic interactive gait rehabilitation orthosis: Design and preliminary testing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 158-169

  Belforte, G ^a   Eula, G ^a   Appendino, S ^a   Sirolli, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

exoskeleton; gait rehabilitation; lower limb orthosis; robotic rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP; CONTROL LOGIC; CONTROL UNIT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EXOSKELETON; GAIT PATTERN; GAIT REHABILITATION; GAIT TRAINING; GROUND CONTACTS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; JOINT ANGLE; LOWER LIMB; LOWER LIMB ORTHOSIS; MOTOR REHABILITATION; ORTHOSIS; PARALLEL BARS; PARTIAL BODY WEIGHT SUPPORTS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PNEUMATIC ACTUATION; POSITION FEEDBACK; REAL TIME; ROBOTIC REHABILITATION; WALKING-IN-PLACE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PNEUMATICS; ROBOTICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); POSITION CONTROL;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOTICS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PROSTHESIS; ROBOTICS;

FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 79551514771     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM803     Document Type: Article

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