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 |