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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yano, Hiroaki
• Tamefusa, Shintaro
• Tanaka, Naoki
• Saitou, Hideyuki
• Iwata, Hiroo

Titel

Gait rehabilitation system for stair climbing and descending

Ist Teil von

• 2010 IEEE Haptics Symposium, 2010, p.393-400

Ort / Verlag

IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Link zum Volltext

• IEEE_Xplore

Quelle

IEEE/IET Electronic Library (IEL)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper describes the development of a gait rehabilitation system with a locomotion interface (LI) for stair climbing or descending. The LI consists of two 2 DOF manipulators equipped with footpads. These can move the user's feet while his or her body remains stationary. The footpads follow the prerecorded motion of the feet of a healthy individual. For gait training, the user progresses iteratively through successively more advanced modes. In this study, three modes, enforced stair climbing/descending, semi-voluntary stair climbing/descending, and real stair climbing/descending were used. Comparisons were made between the modes for healthy individuals and a patient. The effectiveness of the system was examined using EMG and foot pressure data.