New Mechatronic System for Gait Rehabilitation - Functional Requirements

Abstract:

Given the large variability of pathological gait and the high specificity of gait phenotypes, it is very difficult to design a gait rehabilitation system able to adapt to the functional requirements of every person with ambulation disabilities, in every stage of the complex process of gait rehabilitation. Another approach is that of ambiental gait rehabilitation, with focus on adaptability, not on adaptation, on synthetical training, not on analytical training, on integrative training, not on step by step training. Our focus is not on controlling the movement itself, but on controlling the environment that shapes human functionality and assuring the appropriate level of support, resistance and persuasion, with consequent stimulation of the explorative behavior and the active involvement of the person in gait training. A mechatronic system designed for such a therapeutical approach has specific functional requirements.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 859)
• Pages: 231-235
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.859.231
• Online since: December 2016
• Authors: Petre Lucian Seiciu, Ileana Ciobanu*, Tadeusz Mikolajczyk, Andreea Georgiana Marin, Mihai Berteanu
• Keywords: Ambiental Rehabilitation, Gait Rehabilitation, Mechatronic System

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