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Position Based Impedance Control Strategy for a Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot.

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
Active rehabilitation training can improve patients' neural engagement and the rehabilitation effects. A position based impedance control strategy is proposed for implement of active training in this paper. Firstly, it is necessary to accurately esti...

Preliminary Design of an Environment Recognition System for Controlling Robotic Lower-Limb Prostheses and Exoskeletons.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Drawing inspiration from autonomous vehicles, using future environment information could improve the control of wearable biomechatronic devices for assisting human locomotion. To the authors knowledge, this research represents the first documented in...

Preliminary Evaluation of Disturbance Torque Estimation Approaches for Lower-limb Robotic Rehabilitation.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
In robotic rehabilitation, knowledge of human joint torques is very important to provide reliable data for clinical assessment and to provide feedback information about the user in order to design safe robotic control strategies. Nevertheless, their ...

Co-Ex: A Torque-Controllable Lower Body Exoskeleton for Dependable Human-Robot Co-existence.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
In this paper, we present our research study concerning the design and development of an exoskeleton that aims to provide 3D walking support with minimum number of actuators. Following a prior simulation study, the joint configuration was primarily d...

Visual Biofeedback of Force Information for Eccentric Training of Hemiplegic Patients.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Motor learning issues for hemiplegics not only include motor impairments such as spastic paralysis, but reportedly also an inability to appropriately recognize somatic sensations. In this regard, biofeedback of movement information through visual inf...

Development of a "transparent operation mode" for a lower-limb exoskeleton designed for children with cerebral palsy.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
Robot-assisted rehabilitation in children and young adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP) is expected to lead to neuroplasticity and reduce the burden of motor impairments. For a lower-limb exoskeleton to perform well in this context, it is essential that ...

Design and Development of a Novel Core, Balance and Lower Limb Rehabilitation Robot: hunova®.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
This article describes the motivation behind and the technical aspects at the basis of the development of the innovative rehabilitation robot hunova®. The paper describes in detail the hardware and software design of the system and summarizes the cli...

A Semi-Wearable Robotic Device for Sit-to-Stand Assistance.

IEEE ... International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics : [proceedings]
With the aging of the population in the United States, an increasing number of individuals suffer from mobility challenges. For such individuals, the difficulty of standing up from a seated position is a major barrier for their daily physical activit...

Using Machine Learning to Predict Lower-Extremity Injury in US Special Forces.

Medicine and science in sports and exercise
INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal injury rates in military personnel remain unacceptably high. Application of machine learning algorithms could be useful in multivariate models to predict injury in this population. The purpose of this study was to invest...

[Acupoint injection of BMSCs combined with Chinese herbs for capillary density in ischemic hind limb of diabetes mellitus rats].

Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of acupoint injection of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) combined with Chinese herbs of benefiting for activating blood circulation for capillary density and arterioles density in skeletal muscle in ischemic hind...