Development of a Closed-Fitting-Type Walking Assistance Device for Rehabilitation

Tadaaki Ikehara; Eiichirou Tanaka; Kazuteru Nagamura; Sho Kojima; Yousuke Kajihara; Nobuhiko Imade; Louis Yuge

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.162.252

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Development of a Closed-Fitting-Type Walking Assistance Device for Rehabilitation

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A Closed-Fitting-Type walking assistance device was developed. The combination of a flexible shaft with a worm gear was successfully adopted on this device to simplify its appearance and reduce its size. A hybrid control system on this device controls both torque and angle at the ankle and knee joints. As a result of walking that mounted a Walking Assistance Device to motor paralysis patient, the effect of support and the improvement of postural were achieved.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 162)

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252-257

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March 2012

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Tadaaki Ikehara, Eiichirou Tanaka, Kazuteru Nagamura, Sho Kojima, Yousuke Kajihara, Nobuhiko Imade, Louis Yuge

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Flexible-Shaft, Neuro-Rehabilitation, Self-Contained System, Walking Assistance Device

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