Author/Editor		Furuse, Norio; Cikajlo, Imre; Bajd, Tadej
Title		Training of foot contact phase during FES assisted walking
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. 686-9
Language		eng
Abstract		In the paper we propose detection of a foot contact phase with portable sensory system. The sensory system is a part of the feedback system in forthcoming FES gait re-education orthosis. It consists of two goniometers, two accelerometers and a gyroscope mounted on an aluminum plate. As a reference measurement system an optical contactless position system and force plate were used. Three healthy subjects participated in the experiment. They were asked to walk with a speed as during normal walking, then faster and afterwards slower. We made a comparison between the sensory system data and reference measurements in order to establish the sensory data necessary for stance phase detection. We concluded that all sensors mounted on the plate represent a very efficient feedback system, especially when we integrate them to function as single system for gait phase detection.
Descriptors		WALKING ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY ORTHOTIC DEVICES FOOT BIOMECHANICS GAIT