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Preliminary assessment of a lower-limb exoskeleton controller for guiding leg movement in overground walking.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
This paper describes the design, implementation, and preliminary validation of a controller for a powered lower-limb exoskeleton that reshapes a user's leg movement during over-ground walking. The intended application of the controller is to facilita...

A research on the postural stability of a person wearing the lower limb exoskeletal robot by the HAT model.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
This paper proposes a method of detecting the postural stability of a person wearing the lower limb exoskeletal robot with the HAT(Head-Arm-Trunk) model. Previous studies have shown that the human posture is stable when the CoM(Center of Mass) of the...

Timing of intermittent torque control with wire-driven gait training robot lifting toe trajectory for trip avoidance.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Gait training robots are useful for changing gait patterns and decreasing risk of trip. Previous research has reported that decreasing duration of the assistance or guidance of the robot is beneficial for efficient gait training. Although robotic int...

Design and experimental evaluation of a lightweight, high-torque and compliant actuator for an active ankle foot orthosis.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
The human ankle joint plays a crucial role during walking. At the push-off phase the ankle plantarflexors generate the highest torque among the lower limb joints during this activity. The potential of the ankle plantarflexors is affected by numerous ...

Biomechanical effects of robot assisted walking on knee joint kinematics and muscle activation pattern.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Since manual rehabilitation therapy can be taxing for both the patient and the physiotherapist, a gait rehabilitation robot has been built to reduce the physical strain and increase the efficacy of the rehabilitation therapy. The prototype of the gai...

Research of the BWS system for lower extremity rehabilitation robot.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Body weight support (BWS) system is increasingly used in conjunction with treadmills to assist the patients with neurological impairments. Owing to lower limbs of the patients unable to bear the whole weight during the rehabilitation training, some w...

MIT-Skywalker: On the use of a markerless system.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
This paper describes our efforts to employ the Microsoft Kinect as a low cost vision control system for the MIT-Skywalker, a robotic gait rehabilitation device. The Kinect enables an alternative markerless solution to control the MIT-Skywalker and al...

A multichannel-near-infrared-spectroscopy-triggered robotic hand rehabilitation system for stroke patients.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
There is a demand for a new neurorehabilitation modality with a brain-computer interface for stroke patients with insufficient or no remaining hand motor function. We previously developed a robotic hand rehabilitation system triggered by multichannel...

A novel pneumatic stimulator for the investigation of noise-enhanced proprioception.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Executing coordinated movements requires that motor and sensory systems cooperate to achieve a motor goal. Impairment of either system may lead to unstable and/or inaccurate movements. In rehabilitation training, however, most approaches have focused...

A pilot study on the optimal speeds for passive wrist movements by a rehabilitation robot of stroke patients: A functional NIRS study.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
The optimal conditions inducing proper brain activation during performance of rehabilitation robots should be examined to enhance the efficiency of robot rehabilitation based on the concept of brain plasticity. In this study, we attempted to investig...