Walking assistance apparatus using a spatial parallel link mechanism and a weight bearing lift

IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tanaka, Eiichirou ^a   Sato, Yusuke ^a   Sakurai, Tomohiro ^a   Ito, Kazuhisa ^a   Ikehara, Tadaaki ^b   Yusa, Hirokazu ^a   Saegusa, Shozo ^c   Yuge, Louis ^c  

^a SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

neuro rehabilitation; spatial parallel link mechanism; walking assistance; walking ratio

Indexed keywords

HIP JOINTS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROREHABILITATION; PARALLEL LINKS; REHABILITATION PROGRAMS; WALKING ASSISTANCE; WALKING BEHAVIOR; WALKING RATIO; WALKING VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); EQUIPMENT; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; ROBOTICS;

WALKING AIDS;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; HIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SELF HELP; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANKLE JOINT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; ROBOTICS; SELF-HELP DEVICES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80055033951     PISSN: 19457898     EISSN: 19457901     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2011.5975469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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