Author/Editor		Matjačić, Zlatko
Title		Biomehatronika za urjenje vzdrževanja ravnotežja med stojo in hojo
Type		članek
Source		Rehabilitacija
Vol. and No.		Letnik 2, št. 1-2
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 43-50
Language		slo
Abstract		In the paper,we present innovative biomechatronic technalogy for balance training during standing and walking for a wide population with movement disorders. We first review same basic biomechanical aspects of balance and posture regulation mechanisms utilised during unimpaired standing, followed by a short critical review of the existing methods and technology for balance training that presently enable training only in a quadripedal conditions of balance training where the arms of a standing subject are continously involved with the task of balancing. The main part of the paper is devoted to BalanceReTrainer, a biomechatronic device that enables balance training during standing in bipedal conditions where the arms of the standing subject are free. In the second part of the paper we present basic biomechanical aspects of balance and posture regulation aspects of unimpaired human walking, followed by a critical review of the existing methods and technology for balance training during walking that similarly as in standing provide only training in quadrupedal conditions. We present a detailed description of a GaitBalanceReTrainer, a biomechatronic device that enables balance training during walking on a treadmill in bipedal conditions where the arms of a walking subject can freely swing in a reciprocal manner, which is characteristic for human walking.
Summary		V članku predstavljamo inovativno biomehatronsko tehnologijo za urjenj.e vzdrževanja ravnotežja med stojo in hojo v rehabilitaciji gibalno prizadetih. Najprej obravnavamo osnovne biomehanske aspekte vzdrževanja ravnotežja med stojo nevrološko intaktnih oseb. Sledi kratek kritičen pregled obstoječih metod in tehnologije, ki so na voljo za urjenje vzdrževanja ravnotežja med stojo ter omogočajo kvadripedalne razmere urjenja vzdrževanja ravnotežja, kjer so roke stoječe osebe vseskozi v stiku s primerno oporo. Osrednji del je namenjen opisu originalne biomehatronske naprave, katero smo poimenovali BalanceReTrainer, namenjena pa je urjenju spretnosti vzdrževanja v bipedalnih razmerah, ko so roke rehabilitanda vseskozi proste. V drugem delu članka podajamo osnovne biomehanske aspekte vzdrževanja ravnotežja med hojo, temu pa sledi kritičen pregled obstoječih metod in tehnologije, ki omogočajo urjenje vzdrževanja ravnotežja le v kvadripedalnih razmerah, podobno kot pri stoji. Sledi podroben opis biomehatronske naprave GaitBalanceReTrainer, ki omogoča urjenje vzdrževanja ravnotežja med hojo po tekočem traku v bipedalnih razmerah, ko so roke proste in lahko izvajajo recipročno nihanje, ki je značilno za bipedalno hojo.
Descriptors		BIOMECHANICS POSTURE GAIT EQUILIBRIUM