Author/Editor		Bajd, T
Title		FES and robot assisted standing exercise
Type		članek
Source		Medicon 2001. 9th Mediterranean conference on medical and biological engineering and computing. 2nd Croatian-Slovenian meeting on biomedical engineering. 1st international conference on muscle fibre structure and function. 5th symposium of Croatian society for medical informatics (Medicine informatics 2001). Proccedings of the International federation for medical and biological engineering. Part 1, Part 2; 2001 Jun 12-15; Pula
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 3-8
Language		eng
Abstract		Prolonged immobilization results in several physiological problems. It has been demonstrated that standing exercise can ameliorate many of these problems. Standing exercise can be efficiently performed by the help of functional electrical stimulation (FES). A novel robot mechanism for unsupported standing of paraplegic persons providing balancing exercise was developed. The balancing strategy is based on voluntary activity of the paraplegic person's upper body and artificially controlled stiffness in the ankles. The importance of the use of cognitive feedback during balancing exercise was also studied.
Descriptors		PARAPLEGIA ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY ROBOTICS MUSCLE FATIGUE MUSCLE CONTRACTION