DocumentCode :
2088757
Title :
A novel knee exoskeleton for overweight person
Author :
Saleem, Azizullah ; Khan, Md.Raisuddin ; Ahmmad, Syed Masrur
Author_Institution :
Department of Mechatronics Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia
fYear :
2015
fDate :
May 31 2015-June 3 2015
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
Overweight person experiences 2.9–4.7 times load of the bodyweight at the knee joint during walking. Research has shown that two main muscles which are vastus medial and gastrocnemius muscles contribute to the stressing of the knee joint during walking. In this research a light weight exoskeleton consisting of a frame and a compression spring with mechanisms for adjusting compression of the spring is developed. The research investigated the effectiveness of this exoskeleton compared to knee band by conducting experiment with compression spring deflection set to a suitable value. The result shows that the average percentage reduction of the gastrocnemius muscle activity is more than 50% for both the knee band and exoskeleton.
Keywords :
Exoskeletons; Joints; Knee; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Prototypes; Springs; exoskeleton; gastrocnemius; knee band;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (ASCC), 2015 10th Asian
Conference_Location :
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ASCC.2015.7244651
Filename :
7244651
Link To Document :
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