A Study on Mobile Gait Rehabilitation Training Robots

Abstract:

The falling off of body functions occurs gait disturbances as the human body is aged. Rehabilitation training is needed for overcoming such gait disturbances and the training can be achieved through repetitive training. Recent robot-assisted rehabilitation training has been usually performed in indoors and training speed is to be passively selected. Thus, in this study a training method that implements mobile gait rehabilitation training and varies training speed intellectually is proposed. The proposed method estimates gait intentions and information in training subjects and that is used in determining training speed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 619)
• Pages: 254-258
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.619.254
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Su Hong Eom*, Won Young Lee, Mun Suck Jang, Eung Hyuk Lee
• Keywords: Electric Knee Barace, Gait Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Robot, Rollator, Walking Assi-Stance

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