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IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot ; 2019: 1227-1232, 2019 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31374797

ABSTRACT

In the development of a robotic therapy system, tests must be first run to guarantee safety and performance of the system before actual human trials. Lower-limb robotic therapy system has an inherit injury risk and a human-like stunt robot is desirable. This study proposes such an alternative: anthropomorphic legs with a bio-inspired control method affording a human-like test bench for the robotic therapy system. Electromyography (EMG) of a mildly hemiparetic stroke patient was measured during body-weight-supported treadmill walking. The motor strategy of the hemiparetic gait was extracted from the EMG data and applied to the control of the anthropomorphic legs. We employed the concept of equilibrium point (EP) to extract motor synergies and strategy. The EP- based synergies expressed by the composites of muscle mechanical impedance clarified motor strategy including aspects related to the impedance and virtual trajectory. Results show that the EP-based synergies were able to characterize neuromuscular patterns of pathological gait. The anthropomorphic legs were able to reproduce patient's gait by mimicking the EP-based synergies.


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Muscle, Skeletal/physiology , Walking/physiology , Adult , Algorithms , Electromyography , Female , Gait/physiology , Humans , Lower Extremity/physiology , Male , Young Adult
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IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot ; 2017: 381-386, 2017 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28813849

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Robotic therapy for rehabilitation of the lower extremity is currently in its early stage of development. Aiming at exploring an efficacious intervention for gait rehabilitation, we investigate the characteristics of an end-effector gait-training device that combines saddle-seat-type body-weight-supported treadmill training with functional electrical stimulation (FES). This is a task-oriented approach to restoring voluntary control of locomotion in patients with neuromuscular diseases. We evaluate the differences between walking with saddle-seat-type support and with harness-type support, in terms of personal preference, the preferred walking speed, profiles of kinematics and ground reaction force, and the effectiveness of FES. The results indicate that the proposed gait-training device maintains subjects in a natural posture and supports important gait functions such as hip extension and ankle push-off effectively, in particular, at slow walking speed.


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Electric Stimulation Therapy/methods , Orthotic Devices , Robotics/instrumentation , Stroke Rehabilitation , Walking/physiology , Adult , Body Weight/physiology , Equipment Design , Female , Gait/physiology , Humans , Male , Stroke Rehabilitation/instrumentation , Stroke Rehabilitation/methods , Young Adult
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