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Development of Leg Rehabilitation Assistance
Keiko Homma, Osamu Fukuda and Yoshihiko Nagata
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba East 1-2-1, Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8564 Japan
Received:February 27, 2002Accepted:August 20, 2002Published:December 20, 2002
Keywords:rehabilitation, multi-degree-of-freedom training for joint, parallel wire mechanism
Abstract
We propose leg rehabilitation assistance based on a new method. Many elderly temporarily recovering from disease or injury suffer functional deficit and depression because of the lack of appropriate longerterm rehabilitation, suggesting the need for assistance that individuals can use on their own over long enough periods. Such assistance must be safe, light-weight, and apply no psychological burden on users. We propose parallel-wire multi-degree-of-freedom leg rehabilitation assistance. We report the design and trial production of an experimental 2-degree-of-freedom system having flexion and extension for the knee and hip and experiments conducted with a test dummy in knee and hip flexion and extension. Our results certain training actions are possible based on the proposed system.
Cite this article as:K. Homma, O. Fukuda, and Y. Nagata, “Development of Leg Rehabilitation Assistance,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.14 No.6, pp. 589-596, 2002.Data files:
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