DocumentCode
2416113
Title
Degrees-of-freedom of a robotic exoskeleton and human adaptation to new gait templates
Author
Stegall, Paul ; Winfree, Kyle N. ; Agrawal, Sunil K.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
14-18 May 2012
Firstpage
4986
Lastpage
4991
Abstract
This paper addresses an important question in the field of rehabilitation robotics that can help engineers to develop and optimize future gait training robotic exoskeletons. This question can be posed as follows: Do the exoskeleton´s degrees-of-freedom at the pelvis affect human adaptation to new gait templates? More specifically, would additional degrees-of-freedom in the exoskeleton that allow the human trunk to translate and rotate, and the hips to abduct/adduct increase human gait adaptation with an exoskeleton?
Keywords
gait analysis; medical robotics; path planning; patient rehabilitation; prosthetics; ALEX I; ALEX II; University of Delaware; active leg exoskeleton; assist-as-needed force; foot path following training; future gait training robotic exoskeletons; gait templates; human gait adaptation; intermittent visual feedback; lokomat; rehabilitation robotics; robotic exoskeleton; Exoskeletons; Hip; Joints; Legged locomotion; Pelvis; Training;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Saint Paul, MN
ISSN
1050-4729
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1403-9
Electronic_ISBN
1050-4729
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225092
Filename
6225092
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