Author/Editor     Kamnik, Roman; Bajd, Tadej
Title     Robot assisted FES standing-up of paraplegic patient
Type     članek
Source     In: Sinjkaer T, Popovic D, Struijk JJ, editors. IFESS 2000 NP 2000. Proceedings of the 5th annual conference of the international functional electrical stimulation society and 6th triennial conference "Neural prostheses: motor systems"; 2000 Jun 18-24; Aalborg. Aalborg: International functional electrical stimulation society,
Publication year     2000
Volume     str. 474-7
Language     eng
Abstract     In the paper a robot assistive device is proposed aimed as a support for the impaired individuals when rising from sitting to standing position. The aim of the simple standing-up robot is to impose to the impaired person the reference position trajectory of the pelvis while unloading the upper and lower extremities. Variety of possible utilization areas are feasible: the device can serve as an functional rehabilitative aid, as training device or as an assessment tool when studying the standing-up maneuver. As a prototype, the 1 DOF hydraulically driven robot mechanism was built. Initial testing and evaluation results are presented combined with functional electrical stimulation of the paralyzed muscles.
Descriptors     PARAPLEGIA
ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY
HIP JOINT
ROBOTICS
WEIGHT-BEARING